Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair in Marfan syndrome: how we do it

Rana O Afifi^{1

2}, Akiko Tanaka¹, Ibrahim Yazji¹, Hazim J Safi^{1

2}, Anthony L Estrera^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, USA.
² Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute, Houston, TX, USA.

Review

Rana O Afifi et al. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2017 Nov.

. 2017 Nov;6(6):709-711.

doi: 10.21037/acs.2017.11.04.

Rana O Afifi^{1

2}, Akiko Tanaka¹, Ibrahim Yazji¹, Hazim J Safi^{1

2}, Anthony L Estrera^{1

2}

¹ Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Houston, TX, USA.
² Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute, Houston, TX, USA.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: Dr. AL Estrera is a consultant for Gore and Maquet. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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