Marked disparity in mechanical wall properties between ascending and descending aorta in patients with tetralogy of Fallot

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 570-573

  Saiki, Hirofumi ^a   Kojima, Takuro ^a   Seki, Mitsuru ^a   Masutani, Satoshi ^a   Senzaki, Hideaki ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortopathy; Medial pathology; Pulse wave velocity; Tetralogy of Fallot

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA; ELASTICITY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD; ADOLESCENT; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; INFANT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSATILE FLOW; THORACIC AORTA; TUNICA MEDIA;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; PULSATILE FLOW; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84861427746     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezr032     Document Type: Article

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