Surgical experience in a patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome type I.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.12.084.
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Abstract
Loeys-Dietz syndrome is a recently described genetic disorder with aortic and vascular involvement. Here, we present the medical history and surgical management of a patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome type I caused by a mutation in M253I in the TGFBR1 gene who received complete aortic replacement and various peripheral vascular surgeries over the course of 25 years.
Medical subject headings
- Aortic Dissection
- Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
- Aortic Valve Stenosis
- Loeys-Dietz Syndrome
- Subclavian Artery