Latent growth of the non-dilated descending thoracic aorta as a marker of genetic aortopathy

2026/02/20 by Carlos Alberto Campello Jorge, Prabhvir S Marway, V Ramesh +6 · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Neuroscience · #Congenital heart defects research #Connective tissue disorders research #Williams Syndrome Research

paper · doi:10.1093/ehjci/jeag056

openalex publication_date 2026/02/20 · openalex created_date 2026/02/22 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22

Abstract

Carlos Alberto Campello Jorge, MD, Prabhvir S Marway, MD, Vedika Ramesh, MS, Heather Knauer, PhD, Timothy J Baker, Rajani Aatre, MS, MSc, Kim Eagle, MD, Ma

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• #EHJCVI 🫀| Using vascular deformation mapping on #yesCCT, latent aortic growth in ascending aortic aneurysms may represent an imaging biomarker of diffuse genetic aortopathy. 👉 doi.org/10.1093/ehjc. [bsky, 0 points, 0 comments]

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