Follow-up study of aortic-valve replacement surgery in patients with Takayasu's disease complicated by aortic regurgitation

Circulation Journal

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 564-566

  Nishimura, Satoshi ^a   Toubaru, Tetsuya ^a   Ootaki, Eiji ^a   Sumiyoshi, Tetsuya ^a  

^a NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic regurgitation; Aortic valve replacement; Aortitis syndrome; Takayasu's disease

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; STEROID THERAPY;

EID: 0036300354     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.66.564     Document Type: Article

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