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Beighton P, de Paepe A, Danks D, et al. International nosology of heritable disorders of connective tissue, Berlin, 1986. Am J Med Genet. 1988 Mar;29(3):581-94. Abstract
Svensson LG, Blackstone EH, Feng J, et al. Are Marfan syndrome and marfanoid patients distinguishable on long-term follow-up? Ann Thorac Surg. 2007 Mar;83(3):1067-74. Abstract
Nemet AY, Assia EI, Apple DJ, et al. Current concepts of ocular manifestations in Marfan syndrome. Surv Ophthalmol. 2006 Nov-Dec;51(6):561-75. Abstract
Summers KM, West JA, Hattam A, et al. Recent developments in the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome and related disorders. Med J Aust. 2012 Nov 5;197(9):494-7.Full text Abstract
Isekame Y, Gati S. Cardiac management. In: Child AH, ed. Diagnosis and management of Marfan syndrome. London: Springer-Verlag; 2016:39-56.
Erbel R, Aboyans V, Boileau C, et al. 2014 ESC guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases: document covering acute and chronic aortic diseases of the thoracic and abdominal aorta of the adult. The task force for the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J. 2014 Nov 1;35(41):2873-926.Full text Abstract
Svensson LG, Crawford ES. Marfan syndrome and connective tissue disorders. In: Svensson LG, Crawford ES, eds. Cardiovascular and vascular disease of the aorta. Philadelphia, PA: WB Saunders; 1997:84-104.
Svensson LG, Khitin L. Aortic cross-sectional area/height ratio timing of aortic surgery in asymptomatic patients with Marfan syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2002 Feb;123(2):360-1. Abstract
Svensson LG, Deglurkar I, Ung J, et al. Aortic valve repair and root preservation by remodeling, reimplantation, and tailoring: technical aspects and early outcome. J Card Surg. 2007 Nov-Dec;22(6):473-9. Abstract
Habib G, Lancellotti P, Antunes MJ, et al. 2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis: The Task Force for the Management of Infective Endocarditis of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Endorsed by: European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM). Eur Heart J. 2015 Nov 21;36(44):3075-128.Full text Abstract
Wilson W, Taubert KA, Gewitz M, et al. Prevention of infective endocarditis: guidelines from the American Heart Association: a guideline from the American Heart Association Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease Committee, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, and the Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Interdisciplinary Working Group. Circulation. 2007 Oct 9;116(15):1736-54.Full text Abstract
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