Aortic decision making in Loeys-Dietz syndrome

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1088-1089

  Jayle, Christophe ^a   Hajj Chahine, Jamil ^a   Corbi, Pierre ^a  

^a POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTIC ROOT ANEURYSM; ARTHROPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAUGHTER; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTELORISM; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; JOINT HYPERLAXITY; LETTER; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC AORTA; THORAX PAIN; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOEYS-DIETZ SYNDROME; MALE;

EID: 77949483444     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.11.066     Document Type: Letter

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