Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Aortic sized index (ASI) defined as aortic dimensions/body surface area (BSA), has been proposed as a method of identifying aortic dilatation in Turner syndrome. A recent paper reported centile charts of aortic dimensions across for BSA using echocardiogram in 451 children and adults with TS allowing for calculation of Z scores.1Methods: We report Z scores for aortic root adjusted for BSA from clinical echocardiog...