Distal aortic and peripheral arterial aneurysms in patients with Marfan syndrome

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 58, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2544-2545

  Yetman, Anji T ^a   Roosevelt, Genie E ^b   Veit, Nancy ^b   Everitt, Melanie D ^b  

^a PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ASCENDING AORTA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARFAN SYNDROME; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL ANEURYSM; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL DISEASE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82455217276     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.09.024     Document Type: Letter

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