Early Surgical Experience With Loeys-Dietz: A New Syndrome of Aggressive Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Disease

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Williams, Jason A ^a   Loeys, Bart L ^b,c   Nwakanma, Lois U ^a   Dietz, Harry C ^a,b   Spevak, Philip J ^a   Patel, Nishant D ^a   François, Katrien ^c   DeBacker, Julie ^c   Gott, Vincent L ^a   Vricella, Luca A ^a   Cameron, Duke E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHENOTYPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNDROME; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 33846370126     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.091     Document Type: Article

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