Improved aortic distensibility after aortic homograft root replacement at long-term follow-up

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-219

  Nemes, Attila ^a,b   Galema, Tjebbe W ^a   Soliman, Osama I I ^a,c   Bogers, Ad J J C ^a   ten Cate, Folkert J ^a   Geleijnse, Marcel L ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c El Hussein University Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aortic; Distensibility; Root replacement; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 67650960961     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.04.049     Document Type: Article

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