"Marfan Syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects ... "I have an enlarged aortic root," said Beckett during his presentation. "I take heart medicine every night to help me." ...

SO THE HEART ARTERIES OR THE CORONARY ARTERIES ... THEY’RE CALLED LIKE MARFAN SYNDROME OR DANLOS SYNDROME. AND ANOTHER CONDITION CALLED FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA OR ALSO CALLED FMD.

Drivers are being warned that failure to inform the DVLA about a health diagnosis, and any subsequent changes in health, can ...

Rare diseases - a medical condition so obscure that even your doctor has to Google. Despite their name, these diseases ...

In the UK, approximately 18,000 people are affected by Marfan syndrome, a rare condition affecting the body’s connective tissue, leading to problems that can affect the heart, eyes, and skeleton. Of ...

Patients with Marfan syndrome (MFS) are at a high risk of type B aortic dissection ... Cardiovascular death was defined as death resulting from aortic disease, coronary artery disease, heart failure, ...

An autopsy will usually provide confirmation of familial diseases such as hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, and aortic rupture in ...

Analysis of the young patients with dissection (<40 years of age) revealed that younger patients were less likely to have a history of hypertension (34%) or atherosclerosis (1%), but were more likely ...