Aortic aneurysms, known as "silent killers," are increasingly deadly, causing 2 per cent of global cardiovascular deaths ...

Ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (ATAA) is defined as a dilatation of the ... At younger ages, cystic medial degeneration is classically associated with Marfan syndrome and other genetic diseases.

Marfan syndrome (MFS ... fibers and atrophied smooth muscle cells in the abdominal aorta were detected by Orcein-Van Gieson staining of sections and electron microscopy. The results indicated similar ...

Objective Chronic abdominal aortic occlusive disease (CAAOD ... Other secondary conditions, such as tissue compression, congenital thrombophilia, Marfan syndrome and small-vessel vasculitis, were ...

Evaluation for Marfan, Loeys-Dietz and EDS IV syndrome was negative ... left subclavian artery and extending to the aortic bifurcation. This occurred in the absence of pre-existing hypertension or ...

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate ...

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 ...

Patients with low-gradient aortic stenosis and reduced LVEF, compared with patients with high-gradient aortic stenosis, have worse clinical outcomes.

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate ...