Echocardiographic anatomy of ascending aorta dilatation: Correlations with aortic valve morphology and function

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 320-326

  Della Corte, Alessandro ^a   Romano, Gianpaolo ^a   Tizzano, Francesco ^a   Amarelli, Cristiano ^a   De Santo, Luca S ^a   De Feo, Marisa ^a   Scardone, Michelangelo ^a   Dialetto, Giovanni ^a   Covino, Franco E ^a   Cotrufo, Maurizio ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic dilatation; Aortic valve disease; Bicuspid aortic valve; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33750703249     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.11.043     Document Type: Article

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