Aortic root dilatation after repair of tetralogy of Fallot: Pathology from the past?

Circulation

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1310-1311

  Warnes, Carole A ^a   Child, John S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Editorials; Heart defects, congenital; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ROOT; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DILATATION; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LUNG ATRESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS;

AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; APOPTOSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 0037056113     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000032580.69198.A5     Document Type: Editorial

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