Psychological factors affecting Marfan syndrome patients with or without cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Miklós Pólos,
Kálmán Benke,
Bence Ágg,
Roland Stengl,
András Szabó,
Ádám Nagy,
Bernadett Ruskó,
Julianna Hedberg,
Tamás Radovits,
Éva Susánszky,
Béla Merkely,
Andrea Székely,
Zoltán Szabolcs
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of palliative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 2224-5839
pISSN - 2224-5820
DOI - 10.21037/apm-20-546
Subject(s) - medicine , marfan syndrome , cardiac surgery , intensive care medicine , cardiology
Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a systemic connective tissue disorder belonging to a group of rare diseases. Several psychologically distressing factors can challenge life for MFS patients. The aim of the present study was, therefore, to assess the psychological and psychosocial aspects of MFS with the goal of identifying a means of improving disease management for patients.
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