Aortic manifestations and surgery in Marfan syndrome in pediatric patients

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-203

  Coselli, Joseph S ^a   LeMaire, Scott A ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; Dissection; Marfan syndrome; Pediatrics; Surgery; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ANOMALY; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CHILD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MARFAN SYNDROME; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0030176225     PISSN: 10589813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1058-9813(96)00164-6     Document Type: Article

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