Ten-year epidemiological review of in-hospital patients with Marfan syndrome.

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Published in Ann Vasc Surg on June 17, 2008

Authors

Y C Chan1, C W Ting, P Ho, J T Poon, G C Cheung, S W Cheng

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong Medical Center, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China. ycchan88@hkucc.hku.hk

Associated clinical trials:

Thoracic Aortic Dilatation Syndromes | NCT02111668

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