Aortic dissection in Turner syndrome

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 519-526

  Bondy, Carolyn A ^a,b  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult congenital heart disease; Aorta; Bicuspid aortic valve; Coarctation; X chromosome

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; KARYOTYPE; LYMPHEDEMA; MARFAN SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; THORACIC AORTA; TURNER SYNDROME; WEBBED NECK;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MITRAL VALVE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 55149098751     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HCO.0b013e3283129b89     Document Type: Review

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