Central pulse pressure is a major determinant of ascending aorta dilation in Marfan syndrome

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 2677-2681

  Jondeau, Guillaume ^a,b   Boutouyrie, Pierre ^c   Lacolley, Patrick ^c   Laloux, Brigitte ^c   Dubourg, Olivier ^a   Bourdarias, Jean Pierre ^a   Laurent, Stéphane ^c  

^a Service de Cardiologie   (France)

^b Hôpital Broussais ^*  (France)

^c HÔPITAL BROUSSAIS   (France)

Author keywords

Aorta; Arteries; Blood pressure; Marfan syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RADIAL ARTERY;

EID: 0033602818     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.20.2677     Document Type: Article

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