Distensibility of the ascending aorta: Comparison of invasive and non-invasive techniques in healthy men and in men with coronary artery disease

European Heart Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 1990, Pages 990-996

  Stefanadis, C ^a,b   Stratos, C ^a   Boudoulas, H ^a   Kourouklis, C ^a   Toutouzas, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Tepeleniou 9 Str ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Aortic distensibility; Coronary artery disease; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CATHETERIZATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GATED BLOOD-POOL IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE;

EID: 0025242645     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a059639     Document Type: Article

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