Normal Values and Differences in Ascending Aortic Diameter in a Healthy Population of Adults as Measured by the Pediatric versus Adult American Society of Echocardiography Guidelines

摘要

Background: There is a lack of uniformity across echocardiographic society guidelines as to how the diameter of the ascending aorta is to be measured. The aims of this study were to compare measurements done using the diastolic leading edge-to-leading edge and systolic inner edge-to-inner edge (SIE) techniques in a large cohort of healthy adult individuals and to report the normal values for adults using the SIE technique.