Diagnosis and management issues in thoracic aortic aneurysm

American Heart Journal

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Booher, Anna M ^a   Eagle, Kim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2; VARENICLINE;

ANAMNESIS; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTITIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 79960267906     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2011.04.010     Document Type: Review

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