Giant cell arteritis presenting with annuloaortic ectasia

Chest

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1365-1367

  Nesi, Gabriella ^a   Anichini, Chiara ^a   Pedemonte, Elena ^a   Tozzini, Silvia ^a   Calamai, Giancarlo ^b   Montesi, Gian Franco ^b   Gori, Franca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm; Giant cell aortitis; Horton disease; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CORTISONE;

AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DACRON IMPLANT; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036209676     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.121.4.1365     Document Type: Article

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