Aortic valve calcification and increased stiffness of the proximal thoracic ascending aorta: Association with left ventricular diastolic dysfunction and early chronic kidney disease

Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 179-186

  Honma, Hiroshi ^a   Ohno, Tadaaki ^a   Tokita, Yukichi ^a   Matsuzaki, Tsuyako ^b   Fujimoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Yoshinaga, Aya ^a   Sato, Shoko ^a   Yokoshima, Tomoko ^a   Ito, Keiko ^a   Mizuno, Kyoichi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Aortic valve calcification; Chronic kidney dysfunction; Left ventricular diastolic function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE CALCIFICATION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CALCIFICATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL;

EID: 84855287411     PISSN: 13464523     EISSN: 16132254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10396-011-0318-7     Document Type: Article

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