Progressive aortic dilation and aortic stiffness in children with repaired tetralogy of Fallot

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 83-87

  Seki, Mitsuru ^a,b   Kurishima, Clara ^a   Saiki, Hirofumi ^a   Masutani, Satoshi ^a   Arakawa, Hirokazu ^b   Tamura, Masanori ^a   Senzaki, Hideaki ^a  

^a SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic root dilation; Aortic stiffness; Aortopathy

Indexed keywords

AORTA; AORTIC DILATION; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SCHOOL CHILD; TWO DIMENSIONAL TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TIME FACTORS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 84899090666     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-013-0326-1     Document Type: Article

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