Aortic root remodeling and risk of heart failure in the framingham heart study

JACC: Heart Failure

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-83

  Lam, Carolyn S P ^a,b   Gona, Philimon ^a,c   Larson, Martin G ^a,d   Aragam, Jayashri ^e   Lee, Douglas S ^f   Mitchell, Gary F ^g   Levy, Daniel ^a,h   Cheng, Susan ^a,i   Benjamin, Emelia J ^a,b   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^a  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^g CARDIOVASCULAR ENGINEERING INC   (United States)

^h NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic root; General community; Heart failure; Remodeling; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTIC ROOT DIAMETER; AORTIC ROOT REMODELING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BODY MASS; CARDIAC REMODELING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE MASS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; AORTA DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR REMODELING; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR REMODELING; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84877975789     PISSN: 22131779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchf.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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