Catastrophic cardiovascular consequences of weight lifting in a family with Marfan syndrome

Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi Arsivi

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-34

  Türk, Uǧur Önsel ^a,c   Alioǧlu, Emin ^a   Nalbantgil, Sanem ^b   Nart, Deniz ^b  

^a Central Hospital Izmir   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aneurysm, dissecting etiology; Marfan syndrome genetics complications; Weight lifting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PATHOLOGY; PEDIGREE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PEDIGREE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 48049118236     PISSN: 10165169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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