Morphometric analysis of aortic coarctation - Determination of the target vessel diameter required to relieve the pressure gradient

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1993-1997

  Takeda, Atsuhito ^a   Murakami, Tomoaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic coarctation; Intravascular ultrasound; Morphometric analysis; Stents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BODY SURFACE; CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; MANOMETER; MORPHOMETRICS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTIC COARCTATION; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SURFACE AREA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56849092920     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-08-0286     Document Type: Article

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