Standardizing the Method of Measuring by Echocardiogram the Diameter of the Ascending Aorta in Patients With a Bicuspid Aortic Valve

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1000-1004

  Albano, Alfred J ^a   Mitchell, Elizabeth ^a   Pape, Linda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA; AORTA SINUS; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASCENDING AORTA DILATION; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINUS NODE; SYSTOLE;

AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77949654949     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.11.020     Document Type: Article

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