Aortic root diameter and nasal intermittent positive airway pressure treatment in Marfan's syndrome

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-134

  Verbraecken, J ^a,b   Paelinck, B P ^a   Willemen, M ^a   Van de Heyning, P ^a   De Backer, Wilfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic root dilatation; Gas exchange; Lung disease; Marfan's syndrome; NIPPV

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; LORMETAZEPAM; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MARFAN SYNDROME; OXYGEN THERAPY; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; THORAX PRESSURE;

ADULT; AORTA; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION; MARFAN SYNDROME; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0042632847     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0009-9163.2002.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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