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Atenolol versus Losartan in Children and Young Adults with Marfan's Syndrome

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Submitted by

Tom C. Nguyen

Source

Source Name: New England Journal of Medicine

Source URL: http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1404731

Author(s)

Ronald V. Lacro, M.D., Harry C. Dietz, M.D., Lynn A. Sleeper, Sc.D., Anji T. Yetman, M.D., Timothy J. Bradley, M.B., Ch.B., Steven D. Colan, M.D., Gail D. Pearson, M.D., Sc.D., E. Seda Selamet Tierney, M.D., Jami C. Levine, M.D., Andrew M. Atz, M.D., D. Woodrow Benson, M.D., Ph.D., Alan C. Braverman, M.D., Shan Chen, M.S., Julie De Backer, M.D., Ph.D., Bruce D. Gelb, M.D., Paul D. Grossfeld, M.D., Gloria L. Klein, M.S., R.D., Wyman W. Lai, M.D., M.P.H., Aimee Liou, M.D., Bart L. Loeys, M.D., Ph.D., Larry W. Markham, M.D., Aaron K. Olson, M.D., Stephen M. Paridon, M.D., Victoria L. Pemberton, R.N., M.S., Mary Ella Pierpont, M.D., Ph.D., Reed E. Pyeritz, M.D., Ph.D., Elizabeth Radojewski, R.N., Mary J. Roman, M.D., Angela M. Sharkey, M.D., Mario P. Stylianou, Ph.D., Stephanie Burns Wechsler, M.D., Luciana T. Young, M.D., and Lynn Mahony, M.D

Randomized multicenter trial comparing losartan versus atenolol in young patients with Marfan's syndrome with no significant difference in aortic root dilation between groups.