title: [Surgical treatment of two cases with Marfan syndrome].
abstract: We report 2 cases of aortic disease with Marfan syndrome underwent surgery. Case 1 was 38-years-old man and case 2 was 36-years-old woman. They were brothers and they had 8 times operation for 13 years. Surgical procedure included aortic root reconstruction, descending aortic aneurysm repair and abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Patients with Marfan syndrome sometimes require repeated surgical repair of aortic disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shin-Tokyo Hospital, Matsudo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hosoda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takanashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D009679:Nuclear Family; D012086:Reoperation