Aortic elasticity in patients with ankylosing spondylitis

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 630-634

  Demiralp, Ergün ^a   Kardesoglu, Ejder ^a   Kiralp, Mehmet Zeki ^a   Cebeci, B Sitki ^a   Keskin, Ilyas ^a   Ozmen, Namik ^a   Dursun, Hasan ^a  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Aorta; Echocardiography; Elasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; MALE; RIGIDITY; SPHYGMOMANOMETRY;

ADULT; AORTA; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MALE; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 10244241825     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.59.6.2005246     Document Type: Article

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