Aneurysm of the ascending aorta

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 979-985

  Evangelista, Artur ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

ASCENDING AORTA; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MARFAN SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953718463     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.152751     Document Type: Review

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