Segmental Aortic Stiffness in Children and Young Adults with Connective Tissue Disorders: Relationships with Age, Aortic Size, Rate of Dilation, and Surgical Root Replacement

Circulation

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 595-602

  Prakash, Ashwin ^a,b   Adlakha, Himanshu ^a   Rabideau, Nicole ^a   Hass, Cara J ^a   Morris, Shaine A ^a   Geva, Tal ^a,b   Gauvreau, Kimberlee ^a   Singh, Michael N ^a,b   Lacro, Ronald V ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic dilation; aortic replacement; cardiac MRI; connective tissue diseases; vascular stiffness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ROOT; AORTIC ROOT DILATION; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHILD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DESCENDING AORTA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE; AORTA; AORTA VALVE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGERY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939518188     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014934     Document Type: Article

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