Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography for regional evaluation of aortic stiffness.
Aortic stiffness is an important predictor of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Non-invasive measurement of aortic stiffness is a promising challenge for echocardiography. The most important limitation of previous studies was that regional differences for aortic stiffness were not taken into consideration. In our patient, we demonstrated the usefulness of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography in assessment of regional aortic stiffness.
Nemes
Attila
A
Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcentre, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Geleijnse
Marcel L
ML
Soliman
Osama I I
OI
Anwar
Ashraf M
AM
Vletter
Wim B
WB
ten Cate
Folkert J
FJ
D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology*; D019560:Echocardiography, Three-Dimensional; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004548:Elasticity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male