Acute aortic valve prolapse in Marfan's syndrome.
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A 22 year old man with Marfan's syndrome died suddenly following acute aortic valve prolapse. Although aortic root involvement in Marfan's syndrome is common, we have found no previous description of this particular complication in the literature.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Postgraduate medical journal
دوره 67 784 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1991