Ten-Year Epidemiological Review of In-Hospital Patients with Marfan Syndrome

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 608-612

  Chan, Y C ^a   Ting, C W ^a   Ho, P ^a   Poon, J T ^a   Cheung, G C ^a   Cheng, S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AORTA; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INPATIENTS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 50149107560     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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