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A Loeys-Dietz patient with a transatlantic odyssey: repeated aortic root surgery ending with a huge left main coronary aneurysm

Carrel, Thierry ; Schoenhoff, Florian ; Cameron, Duke

In: Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2017, vol. 24, no. 1, p. 143-144

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    Title
    • A Loeys-Dietz patient with a transatlantic odyssey: repeated aortic root surgery ending with a huge left main coronary aneurysm
    Author
    • Carrel, Thierry. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
    • Schoenhoff, Florian. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
    • Cameron, Duke. Department of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Language
    • English
    Published in
    • Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2017, vol. 24, no. 1, p. 143-144. Oxford University Press
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    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:331176
    Summary
    We present a patient who required several aortic root procedures. Finally, a huge aneurysm of the left main coronary artery required emergency surgery after a failed transcatheter procedure.