What is new in dilatation of the ascending aorta?: Review of current literature and practical advice for the cardiologist

Circulation

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 924-928

  Cozijnsen, Luc ^a   Braam, Richard L ^a   Waalewijn, Reinier A ^a   Schepens, Marc A A M ^b   Loeys, Bart L ^c   Van Oosterhout, Matthijs F M ^d   Barge Schaapveld, Daniela Q C M ^e   Mulder, Barbara J M ^e  

^a GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

^b AZ Sint Jan ^*  (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ascending aorta; connective tissue disease; genetics; imaging

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2;

AGE; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ASCENDING AORTA; ASCENDING AORTA DILATATION; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952367461     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.949131     Document Type: Review

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