Coarctation of the aorta: From fetal life to adulthood

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 487-495

  Kenny, Damien ^a   Hijazi, Ziyad M ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Hypertension; Stenting; Surgery; Vasculopathy

Indexed keywords

CANDESARTAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; METOPROLOL; POLITEF; RAMIPRIL; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA STENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FETUS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GENE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEY2 GENE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; AORTIC COARCTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053065098     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.2011.0003     Document Type: Review

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