The Need for Standardized Methods for Measuring the Aorta: Multimodality Core Lab Experience From the GenTAC Registry.

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Published in JACC Cardiovasc Imaging on February 17, 2016

Authors

Federico M Asch1, Eugene Yuriditsky2, Siddharth K Prakash3, Mary J Roman4, Jonathan W Weinsaft4, Gaby Weissman2, Wm Guy Weigold2, Shaine A Morris5, William J Ravekes6, Kathryn W Holmes7, Michael Silberbach7, Rita K Milewski8, Barbara L Kroner9, Ryan Whitworth9, Kim A Eagle10, Richard B Devereux4, Neil J Weissman2, GenTAC Investigators

Author Affiliations

1: MedStar Health Research Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC. Electronic address: Federico.asch@medstar.net.
2: MedStar Health Research Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC.
3: University of Texas, Houston, Houston, Texas.
4: Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York.
5: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
6: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
7: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
8: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
9: RTI International, Rockville, Maryland.
10: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Associated clinical trials:

National Registry of Genetically Triggered Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Cardiovascular Conditions (GenTAC) | NCT01322165

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