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Mid-term effects of implanting stents for relief of aortic recoarctation on systemic hypertension, carotid mechanical properties, intimal medial thickness and reflection of the pulse wave |
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Published in | Cardiology in the young. 2005, vol. 15, no. 3, p. 245-50 | |
Abstract | Primary implantation of stents is an accepted technique for treating aortic recoarctation, albeit that the effects of stenting on pressure profiles, carotid mechanical properties, intimal medial thickness, and reflection of the pulse wave have not been systematically investigated. | |
Keywords | Adolescent — Adult — Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use — Aortic Coarctation/surgery — Biomechanical Phenomena — Blood Pressure/physiology — Carotid Artery, Common/physiopathology/ultrasonography — Child — Compliance — Exercise Test — Follow-Up Studies — Humans — Hypertension/therapy — Prosthesis Implantation — Pulsatile Flow/physiology — Rest/physiology — Stents — Stress, Mechanical — Treatment Outcome — Tunica Media/pathology | |
Identifiers | PMID: 15865825 | |
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Citation (ISO format) | AGNOLETTI, Gabriella et al. Mid-term effects of implanting stents for relief of aortic recoarctation on systemic hypertension, carotid mechanical properties, intimal medial thickness and reflection of the pulse wave. In: Cardiology in the young, 2005, vol. 15, n° 3, p. 245-50. doi: 10.1017/S1047951105000521 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:46892 |