Gender Related Association between Arterial Stiffness and Aortic Root Geometry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The gender-related change in aortic morphology by arterial stiffness has not been well studied. This study was performed to investigate the association between brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and aortic root size according to gender.

Methods

A total of 263 consecutive subjects (63.2 ± 10.6 years, 71.1% men) without overt cardiovascular disease who underwent both baPWV measurement and transthoracic echocardiography on the same day were retrospectively analyzed. The diameters of the aortic annulus (AN), sinus of Valsalva (SV), sinotubular junction (STJ), and ascending aorta (AA) were measured using 2-dimensional echocardiography.

Results

The body surface area (BSA)-corrected diameters of AN, SV, STJ, and AA were significantly higher in women than i

SUBMITTER: Ki YJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6358431 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature