Manufacturing and placing a bespoke support for the Marfan aortic root: Description of the method and technical results and status at one year for the first ten patients

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-365

  Pepper, John ^a   Golesworthy, Tal ^a   Utley, Martin ^a   Chan, John ^a   Ganeshalingam, Skandadas ^a   Lamperth, Michael ^a   Mohiaddin, Raad ^a   Treasure, Tom ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic root; Computer aided design; Marfan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BYPASS SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGICAL PATIENT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL MESH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649297180     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.220319     Document Type: Article

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