Aortic elasticity and size are associated with aortic regurgitation and left ventricular dysfunction in tetralogy of Fallot after pulmonary valve replacement

Heart

Volumn 95, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 1931-1936

  Grotenhuis, H B ^a,b,c,d   Ottenkamp, J ^a,b,c,d   De Bruijn, L ^a,b,c,d   Westenberg, J J M ^a   Vliegen, H W ^a   Kroft, L J M ^a   De Roos, A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b CAHAL: Center for Congenital Anomalies of the Heart Amsterdam/Leiden   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT; PULSE WAVE;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; PULMONARY VALVE; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 72049133385     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2009.175877     Document Type: Article

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