AORTIC ELASTIC PROPERTIES IN PATIENTS WITH REPAIRED COARCTATION OF AORTA

Authors
BRILI S DERNELLIS J AGGELI C PITSAVOS C HATZOS C STEFANADIS C TOUTOUZAS P
Citation
S. Brili et al., AORTIC ELASTIC PROPERTIES IN PATIENTS WITH REPAIRED COARCTATION OF AORTA, The American journal of cardiology, 82(9), 1998, pp. 1140
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
82
Issue
9
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1998)82:9<1140:AEPIPW>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Patients with successfully repaired coarctation of the aorta have impa ired distensibility. Age at surgery as well as left ventricular mass i ndex are factors that are related to the distensibility index.