The aortic coarctation and the Etruscan man: Morphohistologic diagnosis of an ancient cardiovascular disease

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 449, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 476-478

  Ciranni, Rosalba ^a   Fornaciari, Gino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collateral circulation; Hypertension; Ribs notching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BONE EROSION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOPATHOLOGY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SKELETON;

ADULT; AORTIC COARCTATION; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALEOPATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RIBS;

EID: 33748993171     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-006-0275-5     Document Type: Article

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