Comparison of aortic stiffness in patients with juvenile forms of ascending aortic dilatation with versus without Marfan's syndrome.
Aortic stiffness in 78 patients with juvenile forms of ascending aortic dilation with Marfan's syndrome was compared with aortic stiffness in 17 patients without Marfan's syndrome. In the ascending aorta and aortic arch, aortic stiffness was similarly increased in the 2 groups. In the descending aorta, however, aortic stiffness was increased only in patients with Marfan's syndrome.
Oosterhof
Thomas
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Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Nollen
Gijs J
GJ
van der Wall
Ernst E
EE
Spijkerboer
Anje M
AM
Hrudova
Jana
J
Bouma
Berto J
BJ
Dijkgraaf
Marcel G W
MG
Mulder
Barbara J M
BJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001011:Aorta / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000473:pathology*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged