Marfan Syndrome Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Marfan Syndrome, including details on genetics, causes, symptoms, treatment.

Volume 2 (2006), Issue 5 (May)

1. Efficacy of desmopressin in preventing hemorrhagic complications in a patient with Marfan syndrome undergoing cardiac surgery.
   Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis, 17(4): 325-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Role of fibrillin-1 in hypertensive and diabetic glomerular disease.
   Am J Physiol Renal Physiol, 290(6): F1329-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Aortic reflection coefficients and their association with global indexes of wave reflection in healthy controls and patients with Marfan's syndrome.
   Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, 290(6): H2385-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Functional analysis of zebrafish microfibril-associated glycoprotein-1 (Magp1) in vivo reveals roles for microfibrils in vascular development and function.
   Blood, 107(11): 4364-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Chronic dissection of the ascending aorta: surgical results during a 20-year period (previous surgery excluded).
   Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 29(6): 1041-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Hemiarch replacement during pregnancy (19 weeks) utilizing normothermic selective cerebral perfusion.
   Eur J Cardiothorac Surg, 29(6): 1061-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Obstetric complications in Marfan syndrome.
   Int J Cardiol, 110(1): 53-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Spectrum of aortic operations in 300 patients with confirmed or suspected Marfan syndrome.
   Ann Thorac Surg, 81(6): 2063-78; discussion 2078. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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