Acute mitral regurgitation due to chordal rupture in a patient with neonatal Marfan syndrome caused by a deletion in exon 29 of the FBN1 gene

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 382-385

  Weidenbach, M ^a   Brenner, R ^a   Rantamaki T ^b   Redel, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adrenergic blockade; Acute mitral regurgitation; Chordal rupture; Fibrillin 1 gene; Neonatal Marfan syndrome

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CHORDA TENDINEA RUPTURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXON; GENE MUTATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PROGNOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHORDAE TENDINEAE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; EXONS; FATAL OUTCOME; GENE DELETION; HEART DISEASES; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; MARFAN SYNDROME; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 0032866196     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002469900493     Document Type: Article

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