Aortic Distensibility in Patients With Bicuspid Aortic Valves

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 370-

  Nemes, Attila ^a   Soliman, Osama I ^a   Csanády, Miklós ^a   Forster, Tamas ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN 1;

AORTA; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; AORTA WALL; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELASTICITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; ELASTICITY; HUMANS;

EID: 51749098518     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.04.020     Document Type: Letter

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