Diaphragmatic hernia: An unusual cause of dyspnea in a patient with Marfan syndrome

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-308

  Yetman, A T ^a   Greenberg, S B ^a   Ghaffar, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphragmatic herni; Marfan syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM HERNIA; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042745430     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-002-2365-8     Document Type: Article

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