Cardiac operations in children with Marfan's syndrome: Indications and results

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1140-1145

  Gillinov, A Marc ^a   Zehr, Kenton J ^a   Redmond, J Mark ^a   Gott, Vincent L ^a   Deitz, Harry C ^a   Reitz, Bruce A ^a   Laschinger, John C ^a   Cameron, Duke E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030715387     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00849-7     Document Type: Article

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