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Surveillance of cardiovascular risk in the normotensive patient with repaired aortic coarctation

BACKGROUND: Repaired coarctation of the aorta is associated with premature atherosclerosis and an increased risk of cardiovascular events even in normotensive subjects. To date clinical risk stratification has focused on brachial blood pressures ignoring the complex pulsatility of the aortic wave fo...

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Autores principales: Swan, Lorna, Kraidly, Mustafa, Muhll, Isabelle Vonder, Collins, Peter, Gatzoulis, Michael A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2849010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19059656
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.10.043