The anatomy of the aging aorta

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 463-466

  Collins, Jarrod A ^a   Munoz, Julie Vanessa ^b   Patel, Toral R ^c   Loukas, Marios ^b   Tubbs, R Shane ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; blood vessels; circulation; geriatrics; stenosis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

AGING; AORTA; AORTA VALVE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ASCENDING AORTA; CALCIFICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGING; BLOOD VESSELS; CIRCULATION; GERIATRICS; STENOSIS;

AGED; AGING; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; ORGAN SIZE; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84896402877     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22384     Document Type: Review

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