LARGE INCREASES IN BLOOD PRESSURE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MILD INCREASES IN MID ASCENDING AORTA DIAMETER: AN ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC STUDY

The relationship between mid ascending aorta (mAA) dilation and blood pressure (BP) suffers from a lack of consensus. Some studies demonstrate an association and other studies show null association. All studies suffer from small sample size (n<220). Out of a larger population, 8,262 patients who