Aortic distensibility in Marfan syndrome: a potential predictor of aortic events?

OBJECTIVES: Patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS) are prone to develop aortic aneurysms due to fragmentation of elastic fibres, resulting in reduced distensibility of the aorta. Reduced distensibility was previously shown to predict progressive descending aorta dilatation. Here, we investigated longit...

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Autores principales: van Andel, Mitzi M, de Waard, Vivian, Timmermans, Janneke, Scholte, Arthur J H A, van den Berg, Maarten P, Zwinderman, Aeilko H, Mulder, Barbara J M, Groenink, Maarten
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Materias:
Aortic and Vascular Disease
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8549677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34702778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2021-001775

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8549677/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34702778
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/openhrt-2021-001775

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