Central pulse pressure and augmentation index in asymptomatic bicuspid aortic valve disease

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 466-468

  Aydin, Ali ^a   Mortensen, Kai ^b   Rybczynski, Meike ^a   Sheikhzadeh, Sara ^a   Willmann, Svenia ^a   Bernhardt, Alexander M J ^a   Hillebrand, Mathias ^a   Stritzke, Jan ^b   Baulmann, Johannes ^b   Schunkert, Heribert ^b   Keil, Ulrich ^c   Hense, Hans W ^c   Meisinger, Christa ^d   Robinson, Peter N ^e   Berger, Jürgen ^a   Willems, Stephan ^a   Meinertz, Thomas ^a   Von Kodolitsch, Yskert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Applanation tonometry; Augmentation index; Bicuspid aortic valve; Central pulse pressure

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTERIAL CIRCULATION; AUGMENTATION INDEX; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; PULSE WAVE; TONOMETRY;

EID: 79952486959     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.01.018     Document Type: Article

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