Descending aortic dissection post coarctation repair in a patient with Turner's syndrome

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-154

  Badmanaban, B ^a,c   Mole, D ^a   Sarsam, M A I ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BT Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA GRAFT; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DESCENDING AORTA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TURNER SYNDROME;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC COARCTATION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0037363835     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8191.2003.02001.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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