Detection of abnormal aortic elastic properties in asymptomatic patients with Marfan syndrome by combined transoesophageal echocardiography and acoustic quantification

Heart

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 312-313

  Franke, Andreas ^a   Mühler, Eberhard G ^a   Klues, Heinrich G ^a   Peters, Katja ^a   Lepper, Wolfgang ^a   Von Bernuth, Götz ^a   Hanrath, Peter ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic quantification; Aortic elastic properties; Marfan syndrome; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029928554     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.75.3.307     Document Type: Article

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