Prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains one of the largest public health
challenges of our time. Identifying individuals at increased cardiovascular risk at an …

Bicuspid aortic valve is the most common congenital heart disease and exposes patients to
an increased risk of aortic dilation and dissection. Aortic dilation is a slow, silent process …

Objectives This study sought to assess the predictive value of wall shear stress (WSS) for
colocalized ascending aorta (AAo) growth rate (GR) in patients with bicuspid aortic valve …

Imaging techniques play a pivotal role in the diagnosis, follow-up, and management of aortic
diseases. Multimodality imaging provides complementary and essential information for this …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has become an important tool for the clinical evaluation
of patients with cardiac and vascular diseases. Since its introduction in the late 1980s …

Abstract Aims Life expectancy in Marfan syndrome patients has improved thanks to the early
detection of aortic dilation and prophylactic aortic root surgery. Current international clinical …

Advances in the diagnosis and management of congenital heart disease (CHD) have
resulted in a growing population of patients surviving well into adulthood and requiring …

The bicuspid aortic valve, a kind of heart disease that comes from parents, has been paid
attention around the world. Although most bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) patients will suffer …

Abstract Objective Three-dimensional (3D) time-resolved phase-contrast cardiac magnetic
resonance (4D flow CMR) allows for unparalleled quantification of blood velocity. Despite …

Aims Aortic dilation in bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) might extend to the proximal arch. Arch
flow dynamics and their relationship with this segment dilation are still unexplored. Using 4D …