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A case of neonatal Marfan syndrome with good late follow-up: is it possible to avoid an early unfavourable outcome?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2012

Sérgio L. S. Brito-Filho ,
Victor Oporto ,
Orlando Campos ,
Ana B. Álvares  and
Antonio C. Carvalho
Sérgio L. S. Brito-Filho
Affiliation:
Echocardiography Laboratory, Marfan Syndrome Multidisciplinary Group, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of Sao Paulo – UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Victor Oporto
Affiliation:
Echocardiography Laboratory, Marfan Syndrome Multidisciplinary Group, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of Sao Paulo – UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Orlando Campos*
Affiliation:
Echocardiography Laboratory, Marfan Syndrome Multidisciplinary Group, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of Sao Paulo – UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ana B. Álvares
Affiliation:
Echocardiography Laboratory, Marfan Syndrome Multidisciplinary Group, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of Sao Paulo – UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Antonio C. Carvalho
Affiliation:
Echocardiography Laboratory, Marfan Syndrome Multidisciplinary Group, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of Sao Paulo – UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
*
Correspondence to: Dr O. Campos, MD, PhD, Cardiology, Chief Echo Lab, Escola Paulista de Medicina, UNIFESP, Rua Agnaldo Manuel dos Santos 65 ap 81, Sao Paulo, CEP 04116-250, Brazil. Tel/Fax: +55 11 55710047; E-mail: ocampos@cardiol.br
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Abstract

We report a case of a child with neonatal Marfan syndrome who was submitted for clinical and surgical treatment with good late outcome 9 years after the first cardiac operation.

Keywords

Marfan syndromeneonatalechocardiography
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 2013 , pp. 301 - 303
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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