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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2011 Sep 13;58(12):1262–1270. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.06.012

Figure 1. Aortic Arch Geometry assessment with MRI.

Figure 1

Sagittal oblique view of the thoracic aorta using a spin echo black blood MRI acquisition illustrating aortic measurements: L1: length of the aortic arch, AC: average arch curvature, H: arch height, W: arch width, Ant: anterior arch width, Post: posterior arch width. L2: length of the descending aorta.