Dr Joe Whittington, an emergency medicine expert from California , said the hack could indicate a high risk of suffering an aortic aneurysm.

Marfan Syndrome is a rare genetic condition that affects the body’s connective tissue, the material that supports and holds together skin, bones, blood vessels, and organs.

Exercise benefits the aorta by improving circulation and reducing risk factors like hypertension, but heavy lifting can be ...

But some signs aren't so easily spotted. "The aorta, which is the largest artery in the body and the largest vessel, and an area that's commonly effected in Marfan Syndrome," said Dr. Wang.

A mutation in the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene causes Marfan syndrome. The FBN1 gene helps provide your connective tissues with strength and flexibility. How Does Marfan Syndrome Affect the Heart & Blood ...

Dissecting aortic aneurysms and other cardiovascular lesions similar to those seen in patients with Marfan's syndrome have been produced experimentally in rats by diets containing Lathyrus ...

Together, they learned that she had a balloon-like bulge in her aorta called an aortic aneurysm. Hers was 4.6 centimeters wide—just shy of the threshold of 5 cm or more that typically leads to ...

Schreiber High School senior Mazzy Sass is working to raise awareness about Marfan Syndrome, a genetic condition that affects the body’s connective tissue, which holds all the cells, organs and ...

School screening programmes will help to pick up early conditions such as Marfan syndrome, said V.V. Bashi, director of the Institute of Cardiac and Aortic Diseases at SIMS Hospital, Vadapalani.

Marfan syndrome can break open the inner layers of the aorta, causing dissection or bleeding in the wall of the vessel. Aortic dissection can be deadly.

I don’t think there are many people in the world living without an aorta, which makes this patient of mine with Marfan syndrome a walking medical mystery. Over the last 26 years, he has ...

If an aortic root aneurysm continues to expand, it may lead to life threatening complications. The artery’s wall can tear, called an aortic dissection, or burst, called an aortic rupture.