A fit, 45-year-old tall man attended the Emergency Department with crushing chest pain for the last 3 h. After swimming, he had developed sudden chest and back pain. He showed physical features of ...

Those close to Jonathan Gant say he’s a man with a big heart—and now it ... Alicia shared with KIRO 7 that Jonathan has Marfan Syndrome. It’s a genetic disorder that affects the body ...

Marfan syndrome is a genetic condition involving the body's connective tissue. Connective tissue gives structure and support to all parts of the body, including the skin, bones, blood vessels, and ...

Marfan syndrome is a genetic condition that affects connective tissue. Connective tissue provides structure and support for organs, blood vessel, bone, joint, and muscle in the body. Marfan syndrome ...

The NBA has honored a young man whose dream to play professional basketball was shattered by disease. On Thursday, as dozens ...

Objective: To report a family with Marfan’s syndrome in whom a myopathy was associated with respiratory failure; muscle biopsies from affected individuals were examined to determine whether there were ...

AIM To examine evolution of the physical characteristics of Marfan’s syndrome throughout childhood. METHODS 40 children were ascertained during the development of a regional register for Marfan’s ...

Fibrillin-1 mutations have also been found in patients who do not fulfil clinical criteria for the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome, but have related disorders of connective tissue, such as isolated ...

The standard treatment for the connective tissue disorder Marfan's syndrome (MFS) is β-blockade, aimed at reducing aortic wall stress. Angiotensin II type 1 and 2 receptors (AT 1 and AT 2 ...

Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the connective tissue, including the major blood vessels and the heart valves. In Marfan syndrome, the connective tissue is not normal. As a result, ...

Marfan syndrome is a connective tissue disorder that causes the tissue to stretch and eventually tear. If the disorder is not detected early enough, the tissue that forms the aorta (the heart’s major ...