Cystic Medial Degeneration Leading to Aortic Aneurysm and Aortic Regurgitation

Aortic aneurysm is a rare, but mostly fatal condition; the incidence is 5.9 new aneurysm/100,000 person-years with median age of 65 years for men and 77 years for women. It becomes still rarer when the cause is idiopathic and is associated with aortic regurgitation. Most of these patients present wi...

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Main Authors: Pooja Srivastava, Manju Gupta, Ashish Kumar Mandal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Heart India
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Online Access:http://www.heartindia.net/article.asp?issn=2321-449x;year=2014;volume=2;issue=4;spage=107;epage=109;aulast=Srivastava