Thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 64, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 1725-1739

  Goldfinger, Judith Z ^a   Halperin, Jonathan L ^a   Marin, Michael L ^a   Stewart, Allan S ^a   Eagle, Kim A ^b   Fuster, Valentin ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic aneurysm; cardiac surgical procedures; endovascular procedures; Marfan syndrome; risk factors; transforming growth factor beta

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOXYCYCLINE; ENALAPRIL; IRBESARTAN; LOSARTAN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NADOLOL; PERINDOPRIL; PROPRANOLOL; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; BEHCET DISEASE; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; EXERCISE; GENE MUTATION; GIANT CELL ARTERITIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOKING; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TURNER SYNDROME; VASCULAR STENT; WEIGHT LIFTING; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANIMAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 84907978664     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.08.025     Document Type: Review

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