Histopathologic changes in ascending aorta and risk factors related to histopathologic conditions and aortic dilatation in patients with tetralogy of Fallot

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Chowdhury, Ujjwal K ^a   Mishra, Anand K ^a   Ray, Ruma ^a   Kalaivani, Mani ^a   Reddy, Srikrishna M ^a   Venugopal, Panangipalli ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA DILATATION; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LAMELLAR BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37549024968     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.06.011     Document Type: Article

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