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Thoracic Aorta Evaluation in Patients with Takayasu’s Arteritis by Transesophageal Echocardiography  Edgar Bezerra Lira-Filho, MD, Orlando Campos, MD,

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1 Thoracic Aorta Evaluation in Patients with Takayasu’s Arteritis by Transesophageal Echocardiography 
Edgar Bezerra Lira-Filho, MD, Orlando Campos, MD, Jose Lazaro Andrade, MD, Cláudio Henrique Fischer, MD, Colandy Godoy Nunes, MD, Andréa Cavalcanti Lins, MD, Francisca Hata, MD, Antonio Carlos Carvalho, MD  Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography  Volume 19, Issue 6, Pages (June 2006) DOI: /j.echo Copyright © 2006 American Society of Echocardiography Terms and Conditions

2 Figure 1 Schematic division of thoracic aorta in 4 segments: ascending (A); arch (B); proximal descending (C); and distal descending (D). Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography  , DOI: ( /j.echo ) Copyright © 2006 American Society of Echocardiography Terms and Conditions

3 Figure 2 Transverse section of thoracic aorta as assessed by transesophageal echocardiography, showing measurements of wall thickness (WT), maximum diastolic diameter (DD), maximum systolic diameter (SD), and systolic expansion index (SEI). Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography  , DOI: ( /j.echo ) Copyright © 2006 American Society of Echocardiography Terms and Conditions

4 Figure 3 Comparison of mean values of aortic wall thickness between patients with Takayasu’s arteritis and control group in 4 segments of thoracic aorta. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography  , DOI: ( /j.echo ) Copyright © 2006 American Society of Echocardiography Terms and Conditions

5 Figure 4 Comparison of mean values of diastolic diameters between patients with Takayasu’s arteritis and control group in 4 segments of thoracic aorta. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography  , DOI: ( /j.echo ) Copyright © 2006 American Society of Echocardiography Terms and Conditions

6 Figure 5 Comparison of mean values of systolic expansion index between patients with Takayasu’s arteritis and control group in 4 segments of thoracic aorta. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography  , DOI: ( /j.echo ) Copyright © 2006 American Society of Echocardiography Terms and Conditions

7 Figure 6 Transesophageal M-mode echocardiographic images of aorta in study patient (A) and patient with Takayasu’s arteritis (B). Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography  , DOI: ( /j.echo ) Copyright © 2006 American Society of Echocardiography Terms and Conditions

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