Aortic Stiffness in Heritable Aortopathies: Relationship to Aneurysm Growth Rate

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-11

  De Wit, Aletta ^a   Vis, Kelly ^a   Jeremy, Richmond W ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Aorta biomechanics; Bicuspid aortic valve; Marfan; Thoracic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL THORACIC ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSE WAVE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84872414088     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2012.08.049     Document Type: Article

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