Pregnancy and aortic root growth in the Marfan syndrome: A prospective study

European Heart Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 914-920

  Meijboom, Lilian J ^a   Vos, Frederiek E ^a   Timmermans, Janneke ^b   Boers, Godfried H ^b   Zwinderman, Aeiko H ^a   Mulder, Barbara J M ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic complication; Aortic root diameter; Aortic root growth; Guidelines; Marfan syndrome; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 18744412960     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehi103     Document Type: Article

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