Late morbidity after repair of aortic coarctation

Danish Medical Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Pedersen, Thais Almeida Lins ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AQUAPORIN 2; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CREATININE; RENIN; VASOPRESSIN;

AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; URINALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DENMARK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART SURGERY; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTIC COARCTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864498789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22451919     Source Type: Journal    
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