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Article History

Received: 23 November 2020

Revised: 11 February 2021

Accepted: 19 March 2021

First Online: 24 April 2021

Declarations

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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Ricardo PJ Budde.

: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.

: Sara Baart kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript.

: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.

: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained by the Erasmus Medical Center (MEC14-225)

: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in van den Hoven AT, Mc-Ghie JS, Chelu RG, Duijnhouwer AL, Baggen VJM, Coenen A, et al Transthoracic 3D echocardiographic left heart chamber quantification in patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017;33(12):1895-9030) Lidia R. Bons, Anthonie L. Duijnhouwer, Sara Boccalini, Allard T. Van Den Hoven, Maureen J. Van Der Vlugt, Raluca G. Chelu, Jackie S. McGhie, Isabella Kardys, Annemien E. Van Den Bosch, Hans-Marc J. Siebelink, Koen Nieman, Alexander Hirsch, Craig S. Broberg, Ricardo P.J. Budde, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink , Intermodality variation of aortic dimensions: How, where and when to measure the ascending aorta. Ijca (2018), . However, there is no overlap in objectives or reported data since the aortic annulus was not analyzed in any of these papers.

: • prospective• observational• performed at one institution