Determinants of Aortic Root Dilatation and Reference Values Among Young Adults Over a 20-Year Period: Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study.

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Published in Hypertension on May 04, 2015

Authors

Gisela Teixido-Tura1, Andre L C Almeida2, Eui-Young Choi2, Ola Gjesdal2, David R Jacobs2, Harry C Dietz2, Kiang Liu2, Stephen Sidney2, Cora E Lewis2, David Garcia-Dorado2, Artur Evangelista2, Samuel Gidding2, João A C Lima2

Author Affiliations

1: From the Department of Medicine and Medical Genetics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (G.T.-T., A.L.C.A., E.-Y.C., O.G., H.C.D., J.A.C.L.); Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (G.T.-T., D.G.-D., A.E.); Department of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (D.R.J.); Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (K.L.); Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research, Oakland, CA (S.S.); Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham (C.E.L.); and Division of Cardiology, Nemours Cardiac Center, A. I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE (S.G.). gteixido@vhebron.net.
2: From the Department of Medicine and Medical Genetics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (G.T.-T., A.L.C.A., E.-Y.C., O.G., H.C.D., J.A.C.L.); Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (G.T.-T., D.G.-D., A.E.); Department of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (D.R.J.); Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL (K.L.); Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research, Oakland, CA (S.S.); Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham (C.E.L.); and Division of Cardiology, Nemours Cardiac Center, A. I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, DE (S.G.).

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