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Assessment of Cardiac Morphological and Functional Changes in Mouse Model of Transverse Aortic Constriction by Echocardiographic Imaging
Published on: June 21, 2016
Transthoracic echocardiographic evaluation of aortic distensibility in a Takayasu's arteritis patient
Attila Nemes1, Henriette Gavallér, Márta Högye
12nd Department of Medicine and Cardiology Center, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical and Pharmaceutical Center, Medical Faculty, University of Szeged, H-6701 Szeged, Hungary. nemes@in2nd.szote.u-szeged,hu
Abstract:
Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a chronic, nonspecific, rare, and segmental inflammatory disease that primarily affects the aorta and its main branches. In the present case, the aortic elastic properties were decreased (aortic distensibility was practically normal) suggesting that ascending aorta was not affected by TA. For preoperative assessment, a routine transthoracic echocardiography can be a valuable method for the noninvasive functional evaluation of ascending aorta in a patient with TA.
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