Natural history of thoracic aortic aneurysms

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 565-571

  Kuzmik, Gregory A ^a   Sang, Adam X ^a   Elefteriades, John A ^a  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOSARTAN;

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC HEART MURMUR; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TURNER SYNDROME;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; HUMANS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 84864432302     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: 10976809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.04.053     Document Type: Article

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