Aortic dimensions in Turner's syndrome: Two-dimensional echocardiography versus magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 428-437

  Lanzarini, Luca ^a,b   Larizza, Daniela ^a   Prete, Giovanna ^a   Calcaterra, Valeria ^a   Meloni, Giulia ^a   Sammarchi, Luigi ^a   Klersy, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aorta; Echocardiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Turner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DESCENDING AORTA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THORACIC AORTA; TURNER SYNDROME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 34248586405     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000269716.33435.d3     Document Type: Article

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