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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...