Aortic elastic properties in patients with coronary artery ectasia

Circulation Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 506-510

  Tuzun, Nurullah ^a   Tanriverdi, Halil ^b   Evrengul, Harun ^b   Kuru, Deniz Seleci ^b   Ergene, Asim Oktay ^c  

^a SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arterial stiffness; Coronary artery disease; Coronary ectasia; Diastolic dysfunction; Left ventricular function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ECTASIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34047175324     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.71.506     Document Type: Article

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