Pregnancy in a Marfan patient with pre-existing aortic dissection

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Tutarel, Oktay ^a   Lotz, Joachim ^a   Roentgen, Philipp ^a   Drexler, Helmut ^a   Meyer, Gerd Peter ^a   Westhoff Bleck, Mechthild ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Congenital heart disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Marfan syndrome; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PATIENT MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 33751222242     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.068     Document Type: Article

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