Case Report: Morphological Characterization and Long-Term Observation of Bilateral Sequential Internal Mammary Artery Aneurysms in a Patient With Confirmed FBN1 Mutation

Case Report: Morphological Characterization and Long-Term Observation of Bilateral Sequential Internal Mammary Artery Aneurysms in a Patient With Confirmed FBN1 Mutation

Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a genetically determined connective tissue disorder that leads to ocular, skeletal, and severe cardiovascular involvement. High mortality of MFS is associated with aortic dissection and aneurysm characteristic to the syndrome. In MFS, only a few cases of peripheral arterial...

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Main Authors: Roland Stengl, Bence Ágg, Bálint Szilveszter, Kálmán Benke, Noémi Daradics, Bernadett Ruskó, Borbála Vattay, Béla Merkely, Miklós Pólos, Zoltán Szabolcs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Subjects:
Marfan syndrome
aneurysm
internal mammary arteries
follow-up
tortuosity
case report
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2021.697591/full

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