Dilation of the aortic root in mitochondrial disease patients

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-170

  Brunetti Pierri, Nicola ^a   Pignatelli, Ricardo ^a   Fouladi, Negin ^a   Towbin, Jeffrey A ^b   Belmont, John W ^a   Craigen, William J ^a   Wong, Lee Jun ^a   Jefferies, John L ^b   Scaglia, Fernando ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic root dilation; Echocardiogram; Mitochondrial disease

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ANOMALY; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INFANT; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION;

AORTA; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES;

EID: 79956260989     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: 10967206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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