Young woman affected by a rare form of familial connective tissue disorder associated with multiple arterial pulmonary stenosis and severe pulmonary hypertension

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-167

  D'Aloia, Antonio ^a   Vizzardi, Enrico ^a   Zanini, Gregoriana ^a,b   Antonioli, Elena ^a   Faggiano, Pompilio ^a   Dei Cas, Livio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arterial tortuosity syndrome; Congestive heart failure; Ehlers Danlos syndrome

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL TORTUOSITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC STABILITY; HEART VENTRICLE SIZE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VALVE STENOSIS; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SYSTOLIC HYPERTENSION; THORAX PAIN; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; FAMILY HEALTH; HEART FAILURE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY ARTERY; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; PULMONARY ARTERY;

EID: 39849084433     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.72.164     Document Type: Article

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