Cardiovascular operations for Loeys-Dietz syndrome: Intermediate-term results
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Neuroradiologic Manifestations of Loeys - Dietz Syndrome Type
V.J. Rodrigues S. Elsayed B.L. Loeys H.C. Dietz D.M. Yousem BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a recently described entity that has the triad of arterial tortuosity and aneurysms, hypertelorism, and bifid uvula or cleft palate. Its neuroradiologic manifestations have not been well delineated. We sought to describe the neuroradiologic features of LDS and to assess the manifest...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.10.088