Determinants of rapid progression of aortic root dilatation and complications in Marfan syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-182

  Lazarevic, Aleksandar M ^a   Nakatani, Satoshi ^a   Okita, Yutaka ^a   Marinkovic, Jelena ^b   Takeda, Yutaka ^a   Hirooka, Keiji ^a   Matsuo, Hiroshi ^a   Kitamura, Soichiro ^a   Yamagishi, Masakazu ^a   Miyatake, Kunio ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Echocardiography; LV function; Marfan syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECELERATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 28444472025     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.01.040     Document Type: Article

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