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Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in Patients With Marfan Syndrome

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1 Orthotopic Heart Transplantation in Patients With Marfan Syndrome
Christoph Knosalla, MD, PhD, Yu-guo Weng, MD, PhD, Robert Hammerschmidt, MD, Miralem Pasic, MD, PhD, Isabela Schmitt- Knosalla, DVM, Onnen Grauhan, MD, PhD, Michael Dandel, MD, PhD, Hans B. Lehmkuhl, MD, Roland Hetzer, MD, PhD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 83, Issue 5, Pages (May 2007) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 Computed tomographic scan of ascending aortic aneurysm (maximum diameter 10 cm) and a descending aortic aneurysm due to chronic type-B dissection (maximum diameter 11 cm) in patient 6, 10 months prior to heart transplantation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 Repair of ruptured thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in chronic type-B dissection 14 months after heart transplantation in patient 6. Separate anastomosis technique was applied to avoid late dilatation of the CA-SMA-RRA island button. (CA = celiac artery; SMA = superior mesenteric artery; RRA = right renal artery; LRA= left renal artery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

4 Fig 3 Kaplan-Meier survival of Marfan patients after orthotopic heart transplantation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

5 Fig 4 Kaplan-Meier freedom from aortic reoperation of Marfan patients after heart transplantation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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