Aortic Root Z-Scores for Children
For patients up to 25 years of age: utilizing systole, inner to inner edge measurement of the sinuses of valsalva according to personal communication from Steve Colan.
For further reading: Colan SD: Appendix: Normal Echocardiographic Values for Cardiovascular Structures, in Echocardiography in Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease From Fetus to Adult, Second Edition, Lai WM, Mertens LL, Cohen MS, Geva T (editors). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2016.
Aortic Root Z-Scores for Children
Additional Z-Score INFORMATION:
- Dan Dyar, Pediatric Cardiac Sonographer, has created a website that includes several convenient z-score calculators. http://parameterz.blogspot.com/2010/03/aortic-root-diameters.html
