Incidence of aortic root dilatation in pectus excavatum and its association with Marfan syndrome

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 162, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 882-885

  Rhee, Diane ^a,c   Solowiejczyk, David ^a   Altmann, Karen ^a   Prakash, Ashwin ^a   Gersony, Welton M ^a   Stolar, Charles ^a   Kleinman, Charles ^a   Anyane Yeboa, Kwame ^a   Chung, Wendy K ^a   Hsu, Daphne ^b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT MONTEFIORE   (United States)

^c Division of Pediatric Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEDICAL RECORD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING;

AORTA, THORACIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 50949086592     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.162.9.882     Document Type: Article

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