Augmentation index assessed by applanation tonometry is elevated in Marfan Syndrome

BACKGROUND: To examine whether augmentation index (AIx) is increased in Marfan syndrome (MFS) and associated with increased aortic root size, and whether a peripheral-to-central generalised transfer function (GTF) can be applied usefully in MFS. METHODS: 10 MFS patients and 10 healthy controls (matc...

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Autores principales: Payne, Rupert A, Hilling-Smith, Roland C, Webb, David J, Maxwell, Simon R, Denvir, Martin A
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2169245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17956619
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-2-43

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2169245/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17956619
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-2-43

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