Aggressive aortic replacement for Loeys-Dietz syndrome

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 663-666

  Chad Hughes, G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Aneurysm; Aortic aneurysm genetics surgery; Blood vessel prosthesis implantation methods; Cardiovascular system growth development; Dissecting genetics surgery; Loeys dietz syndrome diagnosis genetics pathology surgery; Multiple genetics therapy

Indexed keywords

AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EHLERS DANLOS SYNDROME; FACE DYSMORPHIA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LOEYS DIETZ SYNDROME; MARFAN SYNDROME; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; RECEPTOR GENE; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1 GENE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 2 GENE; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOEYS-DIETZ SYNDROME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL ARTERY; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84858211609     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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