Aortic dimensions in girls and young women with turner syndrome: A magnetic resonance imaging study

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 497-504

  Cleemann, Line ^a   Mortensen, Kristian H ^c   Holm, Kirsten ^a   Smedegaard, Heidi ^a   Skouby, Sven O ^b   Wieslander, Steen B ^a   Leffers, Anne Mette ^a   Leth Espensen, Per ^a   Pedersen, Erik Morre ^c   Gravholt, Claus H ^c  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aortic diameter; Aortic dilation; Body surface area; Magnetic resonance imaging; Turner syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACIC AORTA; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; AORTIC VALVE; AORTOGRAPHY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SURFACE AREA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; TURNER SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954762256     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-009-9626-8     Document Type: Article

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