to compare the outcomes of aortic valve-sparing versus valve-replacing procedures in individuals with Marfan syndrome. Recruitment into the study was closed in November of 2010. The study is now in a ...

The 2023 study by Nakamura and colleagues, published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, represents a significant advancement in our understanding of aortic root aneurysm formation ...

The medicines suppress progression of aneurysms in mouse models and people with Marfan syndrome, potentially reducing the risk of vascular tears, early death or the need for surgery. "The new findings ...

1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China 2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Beijing Anzhen ...

The aorta delivers oxygenated blood to the rest of the body. The heart pumps blood out of the left ventricle, through the aortic valve, and into the aorta. Aneurysm is the primary problem that may ...

Loeys-Dietz syndrome ... Marfan syndrome, potentially reducing the risk of vascular tears, early death or the need for surgery. "The new findings could help us better understand why the aortic ...

This time, doctors performed thorough scans, and transferred her to the National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS). She was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis. This is a degenerative heart condition in ...

Conventional surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) is the ‘gold standard’ for treatment of severe or symptomatic aortic valve stenosis. The increasing age of patients and increasing comorbidities ...

Her medical history was significant for bicuspid aortic valve, microretrognathia requiring surgical repair ... She did not meet the established clinical diagnostic criteria for Marfan syndrome (Loeys ...