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01-10-2008 | Meeting abstract
1039 Prevalence of cardiovascular manifestations in patients with Marfan syndrome: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study
Authors:
Francisco Alpendurada, Raad Mohiaddin
Published in:
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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Special Issue 1/2008
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Excerpt
Marfan syndrome (MS) is a rare connective tissue disease (incidence 1/10,000 persons) caused by mutations of the fibrillin-1 gene. Although it can affect several systems, the cardiovascular system is the major source of morbidity and mortality. As a result, Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) can play an important role in identifying and evaluating cardiovascular manifestations in this population. …