Surgical Treatment of Patients Enrolled in the National Registry of Genetically Triggered Thoracic Aortic Conditions

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 781-788

  Song, Howard K ^a   Bavaria, Joseph E ^b   Kindem, Mark W ^c   Holmes, Kathryn W ^d   Milewicz, Dianna M ^f   Maslen, Cheryl L ^a   Pyeritz, Reed E ^b   Basson, Craig T ^h   Eagle, Kim ⁱ   Tolunay, H Eser ^e   Kroner, Barbara L ^c   Dietz, Hal ^d   Menashe, Victor ^a   Devereux, Richard B ^h   Desvigne Nickens, Patrice ^e   Ravekes, William ^d   Weinsaft, Jonathan W ^h   Brambilla, Donald ^c   Stylianou, Mario P ^e   Hendershot, Tabitha ^c   Mitchell, Megan S ^e   LeMaire, Scott A ^g   more..

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^g ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA COARCTATION; AORTA DISSECTING ANEURYSM; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTIC ARCH SURGERY; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORY; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISEASE REGISTRY; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENBANK; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHPRINTZEN GOLDBERG SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; SYNDROME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849102104     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.04.034     Document Type: Article

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