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Aortic elasticity after aortic coarctation relief: comparison of surgical and interventional therapy by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2019; 19:286. [PMID: 31830907 PMCID: PMC6907235 DOI: 10.1186/s12872-019-01270-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Patients after aortic coarctation (CoA) repair show impaired aortic bioelasticity and altered left ventricular (LV) mechanics, predisposing diastolic dysfunction. Our purpose was to assess aortic bioelasticity and LV properties in CoA patients who underwent endovascular stenting or surgery using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. Methods Fifty CoA patients (20.5 ± 9.5 years) were examined by 3-Tesla CMR. Eighteen patients had previous stent implantation and 32 had surgical repair. We performed volumetric analysis of both ventricles (LV, RV) and left atrium (LA) to measure biventricular volumes, ejection fractions, left atrial (LA) volumes, and functional parameters (LAEFPassive, LAEFContractile, LAEFReservoir). Aortic distensibility and pulse wave velocity (PWV) were assessed. Native T1 mapping was applied to examine LV tissue properties. In twelve patients post-contrast T1 mapping was performed. Results LV, RV and LA parameters did not differ between the surgical and stent group. There was also no significant difference for aortic distensibility, PWV and T1 relaxation times. Aortic root distensibility correlated negatively with age, BMI, BSA and weight (p < 0.001). Native T1 values correlated negatively with age, weight, BSA and BMI (p < 0.001). Lower post-contrast T1 values were associated with lower aortic arch distensibility and higher aortic arch PWV (p < 0.001). Conclusions CoA patients after surgery or stent implantation did not show significant difference of aortic elasticity. Thus, presumably other factors like intrinsic aortic abnormalities might have a greater impact on aortic elasticity than the approach of repair. Interestingly, our data suggest that native T1 values are influenced by demographic characteristics.
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Di Salvo G, Miller O, Babu Narayan S, Li W, Budts W, Valsangiacomo Buechel ER, Frigiola A, van den Bosch AE, Bonello B, Mertens L, Hussain T, Parish V, Habib G, Edvardsen T, Geva T, Baumgartner H, Gatzoulis MA, Delgado V, Haugaa KH, Lancellotti P, Flachskampf F, Cardim N, Gerber B, Masci PG, Donal E, Gimelli A, Muraru D, Cosyns B. Imaging the adult with congenital heart disease: a multimodality imaging approach—position paper from the EACVI. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2018; 19:1077-1098. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jey102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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- Giovanni Di Salvo
- Department of Adult Congenital Heart Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London, UK
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- Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Westminster Bridge Road, London, UK
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- Department of Adult Congenital Heart Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London, UK
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- Department of Adult Congenital Heart Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London, UK
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- Department Cardiovascular Sciences (KU Leuven), Congenital and Structural Cardiology (CSC UZ Leuven), Leuven, Belgium
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- Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Road, London, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- Division of Cardiology, Labatt Family Heart Centre, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, SickKids, 555 University Avenue Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, London, UK
- Departments of Paediatrics, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- APHM, La Timone Hospital, Cardiology Department, Boulevard Jean Moulin, Marseille, France
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- Department of Cardiology, Sognsvannsveien 20, Oslo, Norvegia
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- Department of Cardiology, 300 Longwood Avenue, Farley, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Adult Congenital Heart Disease, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, Royal Brompton Hospital, Sydney Street, London, UK
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Dijkema EJ, Slieker MG, Leiner T, Grotenhuis HB. Arterioventricular interaction after coarctation repair. Am Heart J 2018; 201:49-53. [PMID: 29910055 DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2018.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hypertension is common in patients with coarctation of the aorta (CoA), even after successful repair. Increased aortic stiffness has been implicated in the pathology of CoA-associated hypertension. This study aimed to investigate aortic vascular function and its relationship with hypertension in well-repaired CoA-patients at long-term follow-up. Furthermore, we assessed the additive effect of hypertension to adverse arterioventricular coupling associated with increased aortic stiffness. METHODS Twenty-two CoA-patients (age 30 ± 10.6 years) with successful surgical repair (n = 12) or balloon angioplasty (BA) (n = 10) between 3 months and 16 years of age with a follow-up of >10 years and 22 healthy controls underwent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR), at mean follow-up of 29.3 years, to study aortic pulse wave velocity (PWV), aortic distensibility, global left ventricular (LV) function, LV dimensions, and LV myocardial deformation. RESULTS CoA-patients had significantly increased aortic arch PWV (5.6 ± 1.9 m/s vs. 4.5 ± 1.0 m/s, P = .02) and decreased distensibility (4.5 ± 1.8 × 10-3 mmHg-1 vs. 5.8 ± 1.8 × 10-3 mmHg-1, P = .04) compared to controls. Significant differences in aortic arch PWV were found between hypertensive patients, normotensive patients and controls (6.1 ± 1.8 m/s vs. 4.9 ± 1.9 m/s and 4.5 ± 1.0 m/s, respectively, P = .03). Aortic arch PWV and distensibility were correlated with systolic blood pressure (R = 0.37 and R = -0.37, respectively, P = .03 for both). Global LV function, LV mass, LV dimensions and myocardial deformation were similar in CoA-patients when compared to controls. CONCLUSIONS Central aortic stiffness is significantly increased in well-repaired CoA-patients long-term after repair, and is associated with hypertension. Global LV function, myocardial deformation indices and LV dimensions are however preserved.
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- Elles J Dijkema
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, The University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, The University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Riambau V, Böckler D, Brunkwall J, Cao P, Chiesa R, Coppi G, Czerny M, Fraedrich G, Haulon S, Jacobs M, Lachat M, Moll F, Setacci C, Taylor P, Thompson M, Trimarchi S, Verhagen H, Verhoeven E, ESVS Guidelines Committee, Kolh P, de Borst G, Chakfé N, Debus E, Hinchliffe R, Kakkos S, Koncar I, Lindholt J, Vega de Ceniga M, Vermassen F, Verzini F, Document Reviewers, Kolh P, Black J, Busund R, Björck M, Dake M, Dick F, Eggebrecht H, Evangelista A, Grabenwöger M, Milner R, Naylor A, Ricco JB, Rousseau H, Schmidli J. Editor's Choice – Management of Descending Thoracic Aorta Diseases. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2017; 53:4-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2016.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 598] [Impact Index Per Article: 85.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Hartman EMJ, Groenendijk IM, Heuvelman HM, Roos-Hesselink JW, Takkenberg JJM, Witsenburg M. The effectiveness of stenting of coarctation of the aorta: a systematic review. EUROINTERVENTION 2016; 11:660-8. [PMID: 26499220 DOI: 10.4244/eijv11i6a133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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AIMS Stent placement as treatment for coarctation of the aorta (CoA) has become a more common choice in the last 20 years. Clinical results of CoA stenting are usually reported in small retrospective case series. This systematic review provides an overview of clinical experience with stenting for CoA. METHODS AND RESULTS A systematic review of the reports published between January 1990 and December 2014 after stenting a CoA was performed with a focus on relief of obstruction and lowering of blood pressure. Study and patient characteristics were extracted, as well as pre- and post-stenting aortic diameter in mm, systolic pressure gradient (SPG) and pre- and post-stenting systolic blood pressure (mmHg), periprocedural and follow-up complications. Forty-five articles met the inclusion criteria. Three outcomes were extracted from the articles - aortic diameter, systolic pressure gradient and blood pressure. Diameter increased from 6.4 mm (5.6, 7.3) to 15.1 mm (14.5, 15.7), pressure gradients decreased from 40 mmHg (35, 42) to 4 mmHg (3, 5) and systolic blood pressure decreased from 153 mmHg (148, 158) to 132 mmHg (127, 136). Stent migration was the most common periprocedural complication (2.4%), and mortality was low (0.4%). CONCLUSIONS Stenting is an effective treatment with regard to immediate relief of obstruction and direct lowering effect on blood pressure. However, there is a lack of evidence regarding late effectiveness concerning durable blood pressure lowering, and limited information on periprocedural and late complications. This observation calls for a systematic and longer prospective follow-up of patients after CoA stenting.
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- Eline M J Hartman
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Nance JW, Ringel RE, Fishman EK. Coarctation of the aorta in adolescents and adults: A review of clinical features and CT imaging. J Cardiovasc Comput Tomogr 2015; 10:1-12. [PMID: 26639936 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2015.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Revised: 07/12/2015] [Accepted: 11/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Coarctation of the aorta (CoA), while usually identified and treated in the neonatal/infant period, is increasingly seen in adults, either primarily or (more often) following repair. Imaging plays a crucial role in the diagnosis, therapeutic planning, and follow-up of patients with CoA. Clinical management of CoA in adults optimally involves a multidisciplinary team; accordingly, imagers should be familiar with the underlying pathology, associations, and management of CoA in addition to imaging protocoling and interpretation. We will review the relevant clinical and imaging features of CoA, with an emphasis on patients beyond childhood.
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- John W Nance
- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 601 N. Caroline St, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 601 N. Caroline St, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 601 N. Caroline St, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Kische S, D'Ancona G, Stoeckicht Y, Ortak J, Elsässer A, Ince H. Percutaneous treatment of adult isthmic aortic coarctation: acute and long-term clinical and imaging outcome with a self-expandable uncovered nitinol stent. Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2015; 8:CIRCINTERVENTIONS.114.001799. [PMID: 25582143 DOI: 10.1161/circinterventions.114.001799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND To present perioperative and long-term results of percutaneous treatment of adult isthmic coarctation of the aorta by means of a self-expandable closed-web uncovered nitinol stent (Sinus-XL, Optimed, Esslingen, Germany). METHODS AND RESULTS Preoperative, perioperative, and long-term clinical and computed tomographic angiography data were collected and analyzed prospectively. A total of 52 consecutive patients were treated with the Sinus-XL stent. Mean age was 36.6 (21-67) years, peak invasive trans-coarctation of the aorta gradient was 54.7 ± 9.9 mm Hg, and upper body hypertension unresponsive to medical treatment was present in all patients. Mean stent diameter and length were 24.2 mm (22-28 mm) and 70.4 mm (40-80 mm), respectively. Eight patients (15.4%) required coarctation of the aorta predilatation. All patients underwent poststent dilatation with a noncompliant balloon. Postoperative peak gradient (3.3 ± 2.5 mm Hg) was reduced significantly (P < 0.001) and minimal aortic diameter was increased significantly (4.6 ± 1.9 versus 18.6 ± 2.5 mm; P < 0.001). All patients were discharged home (mean hospitalization, 3.5 days). At follow-up (47.6 months; 12-84), 1 (1.9%) noncardiovascular mortality was reported. Aortic computed tomography confirmed the absence of stent collapse and secondary migration and documented stability in aortic diameter (18.3 ± 2.7 mm). Thirty patients (57.7%) were completely weaned-off antihypertensive medications and their use dropped from 2.6 to 0.9 drugs/patient (P < 0.001). Ankle-brachial pressure index increased from 0.75 to 0.98 (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Adult coarctation of the aorta treatment by means of a self-expandable uncovered stent is safe and durable. The peculiar stent design maintains adequate localized radial strength over time with minimal trauma on the adjacent aortic wall and negligible device-related complications. Blood pressure control optimization is immediate and persistent even at long-term follow-up.
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- Stephan Kische
- From the Department of Cardiology, Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain und Am Urban, Berlin, Germany, and Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany (S.K., G.D., Y.S., J.O., H.I.); and Klinikum Oldenburg, Herz-Kreislauf Zentrum, Klinik Für Kardiologie, Oldenburg, Germany (A.E.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain und Am Urban, Berlin, Germany, and Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany (S.K., G.D., Y.S., J.O., H.I.); and Klinikum Oldenburg, Herz-Kreislauf Zentrum, Klinik Für Kardiologie, Oldenburg, Germany (A.E.).
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain und Am Urban, Berlin, Germany, and Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany (S.K., G.D., Y.S., J.O., H.I.); and Klinikum Oldenburg, Herz-Kreislauf Zentrum, Klinik Für Kardiologie, Oldenburg, Germany (A.E.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain und Am Urban, Berlin, Germany, and Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany (S.K., G.D., Y.S., J.O., H.I.); and Klinikum Oldenburg, Herz-Kreislauf Zentrum, Klinik Für Kardiologie, Oldenburg, Germany (A.E.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain und Am Urban, Berlin, Germany, and Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany (S.K., G.D., Y.S., J.O., H.I.); and Klinikum Oldenburg, Herz-Kreislauf Zentrum, Klinik Für Kardiologie, Oldenburg, Germany (A.E.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Vivantes Klinikum im Friedrichshain und Am Urban, Berlin, Germany, and Rostock University Medical Center, Rostock, Germany (S.K., G.D., Y.S., J.O., H.I.); and Klinikum Oldenburg, Herz-Kreislauf Zentrum, Klinik Für Kardiologie, Oldenburg, Germany (A.E.)
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Comparison between covered and bare Cheatham-Platinum stents for endovascular treatment of patients with native post-ductal aortic coarctation: immediate and intermediate-term results. JACC Cardiovasc Interv 2014; 7:416-23. [PMID: 24630880 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcin.2013.11.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2013] [Revised: 11/11/2013] [Accepted: 11/21/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study sought to evaluate the outcomes of endovascular treatment with covered versus bare Cheatham-platinum stents (NuMed, Hopkinton, New York) in coarctation of aorta (CoA) patients. BACKGROUND Covered stenting has been newly recognized as a useful therapeutic method for patients with native CoA, but there has been no study comparing the use of covered stents with bare stents for treating CoA. METHODS In this randomized clinical trial, 120 patients with a mean age of 23.60 ± 10.99 years (range 12 to 58 years, 79 men), with post-ductal, short-segment, severe native CoA underwent implantation of bare Cheatham-Platinum (bCP) (n = 60) or covered Cheatham-Platinum (cCP) (n = 60) stents. Patients were followed clinically at 1, 3, 6, and 12 months after the stenting and yearly thereafter. During follow-up, multislice computed tomography (64 slices) was scheduled to assess any complications. RESULTS The procedural success rate was 100% in both groups. Patients were followed for 31.1 ± 19.2 months. Although recoarctation was seen only in the bCP group during follow-up, the difference between groups did not reach statistical significance (6.7% vs. 0%; p = NS). Two cases of pseudoaneurysm (3.3%) occurred in the cCP group, but none was observed in the bCP group (p = NS). Normotensive status significantly increased during follow-up in both groups (from 15% to 73.3% in the bCP group and 16.7% to 78.3% in the cCP group, p < 0.001 for each group and not significant between groups). CONCLUSIONS Implanting bCP and cCP stents have very high success rates with remarkable hemodynamic effects in severe native CoA patients. Patients undergoing cCP stent implantation experienced a nonsignificantly lower recoarctation rate and a higher occurrence of pseudoaneurysm formation with respect to bCP stenting during follow-up. These findings indicate that CoA stenting is a safe procedure. (Endovascular Stenting With Covered CP Stent Compared With Bare CP Stent for Adult Patients With Coarctation: The Initial and Intermediate-Term Follow-Up Results; IRCT201012045311N1).
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SOSIN MD, KHAN HR, TOTMAN JJ, POINTON KS. Review of clinical cardiac MRI. IMAGING 2013. [DOI: 10.1259/imaging.20110004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Godart F. Intravascular stenting for the treatment of coarctation of the aorta in adolescent and adult patients. Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2011; 104:627-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.acvd.2011.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2011] [Revised: 08/13/2011] [Accepted: 08/17/2011] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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