Aortic root dimensions and stiffness in healthy subjects

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1224-1229

  Vriz, Olga ^a   Driussi, Caterina ^a   Bettio, Manola ^a   Ferrara, Francesco ^b   D'Andrea, Antonello ^c   Bossone, Eduardo ^d  

^a San Antonio Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884867364     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2013.05.068     Document Type: Article

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