UPPER LIMIT OF EXPANSION RATES OF THORACIC AORTIC DIAMETER IN ASYMPTOMATIC POPULATION EVALUATED BY A ROUTINE HEART CT SCAN

Accelerating expansion of aortic diameter is a meaningful characteristic of aneurysm formation, however, the normal annual expansion rate of the thoracic aorta has not been well elucidated. We sought to evaluate the annual expansion rate of the thoracic aortic diameter in the asymptomatic population