Rapid aneurysmal degeneration of a Stanford type B aortic dissection in a patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Lee, Richard S ^a   Fazel, Shafie ^a   Schwarze, Ulrike ^c   Fleischmann, Dominik ^b   Berry, Gerald J ^b   Liang, David ^a   Miller, D Craig ^a   Mitchell, R Scott ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HEART ARREST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANFORD TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION; THORACOTOMY;

EID: 34250711373     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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