Operative management of Marfan syndrome: The Johns Hopkins experience

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1859-1860

  Baumgartner, William A ^a   Cameron, Duke E ^a   Redmond, J Mark ^a   Greene, Peter S ^a   Gott, Vincent L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA ROOT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ASCENDING AORTA; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033059773     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00412-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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