to compare the outcomes of aortic valve-sparing versus valve-replacing procedures in individuals with Marfan syndrome. Recruitment into the study was closed in November of 2010. The study is now in a ...

Connective tissue disorders such as Marfan’s syndrome, Turner’s syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and bicuspid aortic valve have a significantly increased risk of aortic dissection. The onset ...

Connective tissue disorders such as Marfan’s syndrome have a significantly increased risk of aortic dissection. The onset of symptoms in aortic dissection are usually sudden without warning.

It’s hard to predict who might experience aortic dissection. People with a family history of it, those with certain genetic ...

The interesting coincidence of the publication of two similar case reports of Marfan's syndrome in this issue ... and their covert aortic disease was not revealed until they were involved in ...

Dr. Shanbhag: An aortic dissection is a partial tear of the ... Several genetic conditions, such as Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, Turner syndrome, and bicuspid aortic valve can also ...

and postoperative care of patients with aortic aneurysms and dissection, including those resulting from genetic connective tissue disorders, such as Marfan syndrome and Loeys-Dietz syndrome, as well ...