External aortic root support for Marfan syndrome: Early clinical results in the first 20 recipients with a bespoke implant

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 370-375

  Pepper, John ^a   Chan, K M John ^a   Gavino, Jemyrr ^a   Golesworthy, Tal ^b   Mohiaddin, Raad ^a   Treasure, Tom ^c  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Exstent Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

EID: 77956522298     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jrsm.2010.100070     Document Type: Article

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