Alagille syndrome: An unusual presentation of an uncommon disease

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1049-1051

  Funk, Michael ^a   Cohen, Michael ^a   Santana, Orlando ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alagille syndrome; Bicuspid aortic valve; Congenital heart disease; Valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALAGILLE SYNDROME; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY STENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART AUSCULTATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; SPLENOMEGALY; SYNCOPE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; FATALITY; HEART ARREST;

ADULT; ALAGILLE SYNDROME; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 77958124271     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181ebe94c     Document Type: Article

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