Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1696
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Original Articles: Cardiovascular
Invited commentary
Valluvan Jeevanandam, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery, The University of Chicago Medical Center, 5541 S Woodlawn Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
(Email: jeevan@uchicago.edu).
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The authors [1] have retrospectively reviewed their experience with heart transplantation on recipients with Marfan syndrome. We believe this is the largest series reported from an individual center. A prior report by Kesler and colleagues [2] described a survey of transplant centers and detailed the course of 30 patients evaluated for transplant of which only 11 were eventually transplanted. The current report is . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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