Aneurysms of the ascending aorta: Diagnostic features and prognosis in patients with Marfan's syndrome versus hypertension

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 817-824

  Kodolitsch, Yskert V ^a   Simic, Ognjen ^b   Nienaber, Christoph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Aortic dissection; Arterial hypertension; Marfan's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031788204     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960211107     Document Type: Article

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