Aneurysms of the ascending aorta;Aneurysmen der Aorta ascendens

Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Volumn 109, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 227-233

  Lavall, Daniel ^a   Schäfers, Hans Joachim ^a   Böhm, Michael ^a   Laufs, Ulrich ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE MALFORMATION; ASCENDING AORTA ANEURYSM; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; MORTALITY; REVIEW;

EID: 84903362557     PISSN: 18660452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2012.0227     Document Type: Review

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