Article
Prognostic significance of the pattern of aortic root dilation in the Marfan syndrome.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology - 1 Nov 1993
Roman M J, Rosen S E, Kramer-Fox R, Devereux R B
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The present study examines the incidence of aortic complications (dissection, marked dilation requiring surgery or progressive moderate to severe aortic regurgitation) and their relation to clinical features and aortic root morphology in patients with the Marfan syndrome. BACKGROUND:...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age Factors
- Aged
- Anthropometry
- Aorta
- Aortic Diseases
- Blood Pressure
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Confidence Intervals
- Dilatation, Pathologic
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Incidence
- Infant
- Male