Real-time three-dimensional echocardiography for regional evaluation of aortic stiffness

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-162

  Nemes, Attila ^a   Geleijnse, Marcel L ^a   Soliman, Osama I I ^a   Anwar, Ashraf M ^a   Vletter, Wim B ^a   ten Cate, Folkert J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Echocardiography; Real time three dimensional; Regional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AORTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33846272428     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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