The adult with repaired coarctation of the aorta

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1676-1681

  Krieger, Eric ^a   Stout, Karen ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ANATOMY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA COARCTATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC COARCTATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 78049303515     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2010.195065     Document Type: Review

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