Article
Cardiovascular manifestations in 75 patients with Williams syndrome.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Aug 2002
Eronen M, Peippo M, Hiippala A, Raatikka M, Arvio M, Johansson R, Kähkönen M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The prevalence and types of various cardiovascular diseases in different age groups as well as the outcomes of cardiac surgery and other interventions were assessed in a population of 75 Williams syndrome (WS) patients aged 4 months to 76 years (median 22.7 years). STUDY DESIGN: The diagnosis of WS was in each case confirmed by the clinical phenotype and by a FISH test showing elastin hemizygosity....
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Cardiac Surgical Procedures
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Coronary Vessels
- Elastin
- Female
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Infant
- Male
