Aortic pathologies are numerous, presenting manifestations are varied, and aortic diseases
present to many clinical services, including primary physicians, emergency department …

who has some but not enough features for a clinical diagnosis and no or an uncertain family
history, molecular analysis is of minimal help. The real benefit of DNA analysis arises when …

Tortuous aneurysmal arteries are often associated with a higher risk of rupture but the
mechanism remains unclear. The goal of this study was to analyze the buckling and post …

Cardiovascular abnormalities, especially structural congenital heart defects, commonly
occur in malformation syndromes and genetic disorders. Individuals with syndromes …

Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a recently described genetic connective tissue disorder with
a wide spectrum of multisystem involvement. LDS is characterized by rapidly progressive …

Pseudoaneurysms and aneurysms are abnormal dilatations of the vessel lumen.
Pseudoaneurysm is a perfused hematoma contained by the adventitia and perivascular …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The association of arterial tortuosity and connective tissue
diseases is widely reported in the literature, but only a few studies were based on a …

Reasons for performing study: In horses, aortic sinus of Valsalva aneurysms or tears in the
aortic root are well‐recognised conditions in breeding stallions, often leading to sudden …

Abstract Vascular type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), also known as EDS type IV (NIM#
130050) is a life-threatening autosomal dominant inherited disorder of connective tissue …

Computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are the most commonly
used imaging examinations to evaluate thoracic aortic diseases because of their high spatial …