Natural history of a dilated ascending aorta after aortic valve replacement

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 392-396

  Matsuyama, Katsuhiko ^a   Usui, Akihiko ^a   Akita, Toshiaki ^a   Yoshikawa, Masaharu ^a   Murayama, Masaomi ^a   Yano, Takashi ^a   Takenaka, Hiroharu ^a   Katou, Wataru ^a   Toyama, Masashi ^a   Okada, Masaho ^a   Sawaki, Motonari ^a   Ueda, Yuichi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aortic valve replacement; Ascending aorta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASCENDING AORTA DILATATION; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTIC VALVE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20144389121     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.392     Document Type: Article

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