Dissection in Marfan syndrome: The importance of the descending aorta

European Heart Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 443-449

  Mimoun, Lea ^a   Detaint, Delphine ^a   Hamroun, Dalil ^b   Arnoult, Florence ^a   Delorme, Gabriel ^a   Gautier, Mathieu ^a   Milleron, Olivier ^a,c   Meuleman, Catherine ^a,d   Raoux, François ^a,e   Boileau, Catherine ^a,f   Vahanian, Alec ^a,g   Jondeau, Guillaume ^a,e,g  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Le Raincy Montfermeil   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^e CENTRE CHIRURGICAL MARIE LANNELONGUE   (France)

^f HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Descending aorta; Marfan syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA DISSECTION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLEEDING; DESCENDING AORTA; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; RECURRENCE;

EID: 79951931003     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehq434     Document Type: Article

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