Usefulness of tissue doppler imaging for assessing aortic wall stiffness in children with the marfan syndrome

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1072-1075

  Harada, Kenji ^a,b   Yasuoka, Kenji ^a   Shimada, Yoichi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; AORTA CONSTRICTION; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; CHILD; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 1842688208     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.12.067     Document Type: Article

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