Aortic dissection in a young man with Loeys-Dietz syndrome

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Melenovsky, Vojtech ^a   Adamira, Marek ^a   Kautznerova, Dana ^a   Voska, Ludek ^a   Weichet, Jiri ^b   Loeys, Bart ^c   Pirk, Jan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b Nemocnice Na Homolce   (Czech Republic)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DNA; LOSARTAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTELORISM; HYPOTHERMIA; JOINT MOBILITY; KYPHOSIS; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MALE; NECROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 42949107041     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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