Options for pre-emptive aortic root surgery for people with Marfan syndrome

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 1947-1949

  Treasure, Tom ^a  

^a UCL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; AORTA; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION STUDY; COMPLICATION; SURGERY;

AORTA; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MARFAN SYNDROME; MODELS, ANATOMIC;

EID: 84893461917     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht191     Document Type: Note

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