Screening for Aortic Root Dilation in Marfan Syndrome Using the Ratio of the Aortic Root to Descending Aortic Diameters in Children

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1109-1113

  Kemna, Mariska S ^a   Murphy, Daniel J ^b   Silverman, Norman H ^b  

^a SEATTLE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic root dilation; Echocardiographic screening; Marfan syndrome

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; AORTIC DISEASES; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MASS SCREENING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349410288     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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