title: Aortic decision-making in the Loeys-Dietz syndrome: aortic root aneurysm and a normal-caliber ascending aorta and aortic arch.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Section, Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA. yiandoc@hotmail.com
authors.forename: John G T
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Augoustides
authors.forename: Ted
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Plappert
authors.forename: Joseph E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Bavaria
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000293:Adolescent; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome