The Marfan aortic root: Time to refine surgical guidelines

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 172-175

  Westaby, Stephen ^a,b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Oxford Radcliffe National Health Service Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; REIMPLANTATION; REOPERATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME;

EID: 61449170921     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio1365     Document Type: Article

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