Marfan's syndrome: Successful pregnancy after aortic root and arch replacement

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1187-1188

  Williams, Abimbola ^a,d   Child, Anne ^b   Rowntree, Joanna ^b   Johnson, Phillip ^c   Donnai, Paul ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CELL DNA; FIBRILLIN;

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DETERMINATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0036803346     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-0328(02)02628-9     Document Type: Article

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