Single-step surgical procedure for total replacement of the thoracic aorta in a case of Turner syndrome

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Nov 15:199:116-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.127. Epub 2015 Jul 3.

Authors

Luca Di Marco¹, Davide Pacini², Mirko Sposito², Alessandro Leone², Emanuele Pilato², Antonino Loforte², Valeria Lococo², Roberto Di Bartolomeo²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

PMID: 26188830
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.06.127

No abstract available

Keywords: Single-step procedure; Thoracic aorta; Turner syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Angiography
Aorta, Thoracic / surgery*
Aortic Coarctation / complications*
Aortic Coarctation / epidemiology
Aortic Valve / abnormalities
Bicuspid Aortic Valve Disease
Cardiovascular Diseases / complications*
Echocardiography
Female
Heart Valve Diseases / complications
Heart Valve Diseases / epidemiology
Heart Valve Prosthesis / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Life Expectancy / trends
Treatment Outcome
Turner Syndrome / complications*
Turner Syndrome / surgery*