@article{2c2d0a11828f4c2881e5e94f9ca14b11,
title = "External aortic diameter ratios: A reliable method to diagnose preductal aortic coarctation",
abstract = "Aortic Coarctation (AC) is associated with sudden infantile death. Current pathological diagnosis depends on absolute vessel size which is prone to errors due to different rates of development. This study explores the use of ratios of the external diameter between the aortic isthmus (AI), ascending aorta (AA) and the descending aortas (DA). Our study found that while the vessel diameter increased with gestational age, the ratios remained constant and are therefore preferable than absolute size. This simple and highly reproducible method will allow more cases of AC that may be misdiagnosed to get a proper pathological diagnosis.",
keywords = "Aortic coarctation (AC), Diagnosis, Neonatal",
author = "Avrahom Gurwitz and Jonathan Rosner and Badewattie Narine and Virgina Anderson",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful to numerous colleagues, especially Ross Beever, Pat Brownsey, David Glenny, Rodney Lewington, Erik Lurling, Barbara Polly, Geoff Spearpoint, Alastair Suren, Max Visch, and Anthony Wright for providing specimens for study, and to the curators of herbaria mentioned in the text for loan of specimens. We thank Vivienne-Cassie Cooper for identifying algal associates, John Braggins and Elizabeth Brown for identifying liverwort associates, Bruce Hayward for information on geology of sites, Robert Hoare for checking the Latin diagnoses, and Rebecca Wagstaff for the habit drawings in Fig. 1, 2, 4, and 5. Research grants in support of this work were provided by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (Contract BEE501), the New Zealand Lottery Grants Board (to JEB), and Australian Biological Resources Study (to IGS).",
year = "2011",
month = aug,
day = "30",
doi = "10.3109/15513815.2011.572957",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "30",
pages = "286--295",
journal = "Fetal and Pediatric Pathology",
issn = "1551-3815",
publisher = "Informa Healthcare",
number = "5",
}