Impaired elastic properties of the ascending aorta persist within the first 3 years after neonatal coarctation repair

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-51

  Kühn, Andreas ^a   Baumgartner, Daniela ^b   Baumgartner, Christian ^c   Hörer, Jürgen ^a   Schreiber, Christian ^a   Hess, John ^a   Vogt, Manfred ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Coarctation; Echocardiography; Elasticity

Indexed keywords

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSE PRESSURE;

AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 58649091501     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-008-9280-6     Document Type: Article

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