Sex differences in the risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease have been ...

Marking Marfan Awareness month, OT heard from the Marfan Trust about the ocular manifestations of the rare condition ...

Patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS) are at a high risk of type B aortic dissection (TBAD). Aortic growth and elongation have been suggested as risk factors for TBAD. Vascular deformation mapping is an ...

The damage caused by Marfan syndrome can be mild or severe. If your aorta — the large blood vessel that carries blood from your heart to the rest of your body — is affected, the condition can become ...

The aorta, one of the "great arteries," carries blood away from the heart to support circulation throughout the body. However, sometimes a tear in the lining of the aorta can occur, and while this is ...

Background: Thoracic aortopathy is a serious complication which is more often seen in patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS) and patients with a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) than in individuals with a ...

The best characterized genes include FBN1 [Marfan syndrome (MFS)], TGFBR1 and TGFBR2 [Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS)], SMAD3 [aneurysm-osteoarthritis syndrome (AOS)], and ACTA2 [Aortic and Cerebral ...

“My circulation system is spot on; my cholesterol is low - it’s just that I have a big floppy aorta." With regards to Emily, she too has Marfan Syndrome and suffers with hypomobility which results in ...

Marfan syndrome has a range of expressions, from mild to severe. The most serious complications are defects of the heart valves and aorta. It may also affect the lungs, the eyes, the dural sac ...

and coarctation of the aorta. Other risk factors include: pregnancy, genetic diseases (such as Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Turner syndrome), cocaine users, and blunt trauma to the chest.