Timing of aortic surgery in the Marfan syndrome

Current Opinion in Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 549-550

  Braverman, Alan C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTERY DIAMETER; EDITORIAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SURVIVAL;

AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC VALVE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DISSECTION; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME;

EID: 8344274294     PISSN: 02684705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hco.0000139723.49937.43     Document Type: Editorial

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