Total Aortic Replacement in Loeys-Dietz Syndrome

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1949-1951

  Rankin, J Scott ^a   Braverman, Alan C ^b   Kouchoukos, Nicholas T ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEFT PALATE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; CLEFT PALATE; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERTELORISM; SYNDROME; UVULA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649152332     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.10.049     Document Type: Article

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