Imaging surveillance after open aortic repair: a feasibility study of three-dimensional growth mapping.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Confident growth assessment during imaging follow-up is often limited by substantial variability of diameter measurements and the fact that growth does not always occur at standard measurement locations. There is a need for imaging-based techniques to more accurately assess growth. In this study, we investigated the feasibility of a three-dimensional aortic growth assessment technique to quantify aortic growth in patients following open aortic repair.

Methods

Three-dimensional aortic growth was measured using vascular deformation mapping (VDM), a technique which quantifies the localized rate of volumetric growth at the aortic wall, expressed in units of Jacobian (J) per year. We included 16 patients and analysed 6 aortic segments per patient (96 total segments). G

SUBMITTER: Ahmed Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8434871 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature