European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 181-186 , February 2008

Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Patients with Marfan Syndrome

  • G. Mommertz

      Affiliations

    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Aachen and Maastricht, Germany
    • ,
  • F. Sigala

      Affiliations

    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Aachen and Maastricht, Germany
    • ,
  • S. Langer

      Affiliations

    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Aachen and Maastricht, Germany
    • ,
  • T.A. Koeppel

      Affiliations

    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Aachen and Maastricht, Germany
    • ,
  • W.H. Mess

      Affiliations

    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Neurophysiology, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • G.W.H. Schurink

      Affiliations

    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • M.J. Jacobs

      Affiliations

    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Aachen and Maastricht, Germany
    • European Vascular Center Aachen-Maastricht, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. M. J. Jacobs, MD, Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands.

,Accepted 16 October 2007.

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☆ Presented at the XXI Annual meeting of the ESVS, Madrid, Spain, September 20–23, 2007.

PII: S1078-5884(07)00672-7

doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2007.10.013

European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 181-186 , February 2008

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