Augmentation Index Is Elevated in Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1373-1377

  Shingu, Yasushige ^a   Shiiya, Norihiko ^a   Ooka, Tomonori ^a   Tachibana, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kubota, Suguru ^a   Morita, Satoshi ^b   Matsui, Yoshiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; AUGMENTATION INDEX; CAROTID ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; THORACIC AORTA DISSECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 64649094513     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.049     Document Type: Article

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