The Many Lives of a Complex Marfan Syndrome Patient: Staged Therapeutic Decisions

We present a complex Marfan case, with previous type A aortic dissection, subsequent progressing aortic arch aneurysm, type B chronic aortic dissection, and Barlow disease with severe mitral regurgitation, all expressions of the same phenotype, all needing staged complex surgical therapies. (Level o...

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Autores principales: Militaru, Cristian, Moldovan, Horaţiu, Fetecău, Bogdana, Popescu, Bogdan A., Pólos, Miklos, Szabolcs, Zoltan, Jurcuţ, Ruxandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Mini-Focus Issue: Imaging
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8310940/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34317509
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaccas.2020.09.041
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Sumario:We present a complex Marfan case, with previous type A aortic dissection, subsequent progressing aortic arch aneurysm, type B chronic aortic dissection, and Barlow disease with severe mitral regurgitation, all expressions of the same phenotype, all needing staged complex surgical therapies. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

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