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The reverse remodeling of the aorta in patients after renal transplantation - the value of aortic stiffness index: prospective echocardiographic study

BACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis is regarded as a combination of two major separate diseases: atherosis and sclerosis. Sclerotic component depends on deterioration of elastic properties of the aortic wall and is called aortic stiffness. The most valuable, non-invasive method of aortic stiffness assessmen...

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Autores principales: Zapolski, Tomasz, Furmaga, Jacek, Jaroszyński, Andrzej, Wysocka, Anna, Rudzki, Sławomir, Wysokiński, Andrzej P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5260005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28114900
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12882-017-0453-5