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TY  - THES
AU  - Mohammed, Ahmed Farghal Ahmed
TI  - Proximal aortic dilatation and pulmonary valve replacement in patients with repaired tetralogy of fallot: Is there a relationship? A cardiac magnetic resonance imaging study
PB  - Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
VL  - Dissertation
CY  - Aachen
M1  - RWTH-2022-06994
SP  - 19 Seiten : Illustrationen, Diagramme
PY  - 2022
N1  - Dissertation, Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, 2022
AB  - Introduction and goal setting: Aortopathy is a known complication whose incidence is growing within the population of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) patients. Its pathology and relationship with other comorbidities remain unclear. This study was designed to determine the prevalence and predictors of proximal aortic dilatation after TOF repair. Materials and Methods: We retrospectively investigated all patients who underwent follow-up cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR; at least 4 years after TOF repair) between March 2004 and December 2019. The dimensions at the ascending aorta (AAo) and sinus of Valsalva (SoV) levels were measured. Aortic dilatation was defined as an internal aortic diameter that was >2 standard deviation of the previously published normal values. Results: We included 77 patients (mean age 28.9 ± 10.5 years, 41.5
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)11
UR  - https://publications.rwth-aachen.de/record/849724
ER  -