Aortic pain associated with deteriorated aortic elastic properties: An early manifestation of aortopathy

Hellenic Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 176-179

  Vlachopoulos, Charalambos ^a,b   Alexopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Tsiamis, Eleftherios ^a   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Angina; Aorta; Elasticity; Pain; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM 201;

ADULT; AORTA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMAGING; LABORATORY TEST; PAIN; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN; AORTA DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC AORTA;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; CHEST PAIN; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35348977309     PISSN: 10117970     EISSN: 10117970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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