Letter in response to: Elastin fracture and enhanced aortic pressure wave reflection in adult patients with congenital heart disease

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Oct 15:197:348. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.058. Epub 2015 Jun 25.

Authors

Jan Müller¹, Peter Ewert², Alfred Hager²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Germany. Electronic address: j.mueller@tum.de.
² Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Congenital Heart Disease, Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Germany.

PMID: 26159042
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.058

No abstract available

Keywords: Arterial stiffness; Congenital heart disease; Pulse pressure; Wave reflection.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Arterial Pressure / physiology*
Female
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis*
Heart Defects, Congenital / physiopathology*
Humans
Hypertension / diagnosis*
Hypertension / physiopathology*
Male