The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 859-864 , October 2009

Long-term results of aortic valve–sparing operations in patients with Marfan syndrome

Received 11 February 2009 ,Revised 12 April 2009 ,Accepted 15 June 2009.

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 Read at the Eighty-ninth Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, Boston, Mass, May 9–13, 2009.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00865-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.06.014

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 4 , Pages 859-864 , October 2009

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