European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on November 30, 2004
European Heart Journal 2005 26(1):100; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi031
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Letter to the Editor
Aortic elastic properties in athletes with Marfanoid habitus: the need for early and accurate diagnostic methods
Consultant Cardiologist in Sports Medicine
Istanbul University
Istanbul Faculty of Medicine
Sports Medicine Department
Istanbul, Turkey
Tel: +90 216 3405316
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E-mail address: ekasikcioglu@yahoo.com
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It was with great interest that I read the paper by Nollen et al.1 on the predictive value of aortic stiffness on the occurrence of progressive aortic dilatation in patients with Marfan