MRI of great vessel morphology and function in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 519-528

  Kerwin, William ^a   Pepin, Melanie ^b   Mitsumori, Lee ^a   Yarnykh, Vasily ^a   Schwarze, Ulrike ^b   Byers, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta; Carotid artery; Ehlers Danlos syndrome; Functional analysis; MRI

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PULSE WAVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; THORACIC AORTA;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLIANCE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PULSATILE FLOW; SIBLINGS;

EID: 43449100683     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-007-9283-z     Document Type: Article

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