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- Title
Does altered aortic flow in marfan syndrome relate to aortic root dilatation?
- Authors
Wang, Hung‐Hsuan; Chiu, Hsin‐Hui; Tseng, Wen‐Yih Isaac; Peng, Hsu‐Hsia
- Abstract
<bold>Purpose: </bold>To examine possible hemodynamic alterations in adolescent to adult Marfan syndrome (MFS) patients with aortic root dilatation.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>Four-dimensional flow MRI was performed in 20 MFS patients and 12 age-matched normal subjects with a 3T system. The cross-sectional areas of 10 planes along the aorta were segmented for calculating the axial and circumferential wall shear stress (WSSaxial , WSScirc ), oscillatory shear index (OSIaxial , OSIcirc ), and the nonroundness (NR), presenting the asymmetry of segmental WSS. Pearson's correlation analysis was performed to present the correlations between the quantified indices and the body surface area (BSA), aortic root diameter (ARD), and Z score of the ARD. P < 0.05 indicated statistical significance.<bold>Results: </bold>Patients exhibited lower WSSaxial in the aortic root and the WSScirc in the arch (P < 0.05-0.001). MFS patients exhibited higher OSIaxial and OSIcirc in the sinotubular junction and arch, but lower OSIcirc in the descending aorta (all P < 0.05). The NR values were lower in patients (P < 0.05). The WSSaxial or WSScirc exhibited moderate to strong correlations with BSA, ARD, or Z score (R(2) = 0.50-0.72) in MFS patients.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The significant differences in the quantified indices, which were associated with BSA, ARD, or Z score, in MFS were opposite to previous reports for younger MFS patients, indicating that altered flows in MFS patients may depend on the disease progress. The possible time dependency of hemodynamic alterations in MFS patients strongly suggests that longitudinal follow-up of 4D Flow is needed to comprehend disease progress. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2016;44:500-508.
- Subjects
PATHOLOGICAL anatomy; AORTIC diseases; BLOOD flow measurement; HEMODYNAMICS; MARFAN syndrome; RESEARCH evaluation; MAGNETIC resonance angiography
- Publication
Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 2016, Vol 44, Issue 2, p500
- ISSN
1053-1807
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/jmri.25174