Aortic root dilatation with sinus of valsalva and coronary artery aneurysms: Associated with ankylosing spondylitis

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-73

  Huffer, Linda L ^a,b   Furgerson, James L ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis complications; Aortic aneurysm pathology; Aortic root dilatation; Aortic valve insufficiency; Coronary aneurysm; HLA B27 antigen blood; Sinus of Valsalva pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; DYSPNEA; FIBROSIS; HEART DILATATION; HEART MURMUR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY ANEURYSM; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SINUS OF VALSALVA; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 33645538175     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 07302347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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