Diastolic subclinical primary alterations in Marfan syndrome and Marfan-related disorders

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 416-420

  Porciani, Maria Cristina ^a   Giurlani, Letizia ^a   Chelucci, Andrea ^a   Pepe, Guglielmina ^b   Giusti, Betti ^a   Brunelli, Tamara ^a   Attanasio, Monica ^a   Martinucci, Pietro ^a   Fattori, Rossella ^c   Abbatea, Rosanna ^a   Gensini, Gian Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diastolic function; Echocardiography; Marfan syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE; HEART VENTRICLE COMPLIANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MYOPIA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIASTOLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MYOCARDIUM; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036727016     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960250905     Document Type: Article

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