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Brittany D Rhoades1, Gilda E Martinez1, Veronica Glover2

  • 1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; The Texas Heart Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, CHI St Luke's Health-Baylor St Luke's Medical Center, Houston, Texas.

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概括

患有遗传性胸前大动脉疾病的家庭从共同的经验中受益,但年轻的亲属仍然面临紧急修复和剖析. 对于以患者为中心的外科决定,需要进一步的研究.

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