Increased aortic stiffness in patients with coronary artery ectasia

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 499-504

  Kosar, Feridun ^a,b   Sincer, Isa ^a   Aksoy, Yuksel ^a   Topal, Ergün ^a   Cehreli, Sengül ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic distensibility; Aortic stiffness; Coronary artery disease; Coronary artery ectasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; AORTIC STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; CORONARY ARTERY ECTASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; CORONARY VESSELS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33748576866     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019501-200512000-00008     Document Type: Article

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