Early surgical experience with Loeys-Dietz: a new syndrome of aggressive thoracic aortic aneurysm disease.

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.10.091

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Early surgical experience with Loeys-Dietz: a new syndrome of aggressive thoracic aortic aneurysm disease.

The Annals of thoracic surgery - 1 Feb 2007

Williams Jason A, Loeys Bart L, Nwakanma Lois U, Dietz Harry C, Spevak Philip J, Patel Nishant D, François Katrien, DeBacker Julie, Gott Vincent L, Vricella Luca A, Cameron Duke E

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BACKGROUND: Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a recently described genetic aortic aneurysm syndrome resulting from mutations in receptors for the cytokine transforming growth factor-beta. Phenotypic features include a bifid uvula, hypertelorism, cleft palate, and generalized arterial tortuosity, but...

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