Familial aortic aneurysm and dissection due to transforming growth factor-beta receptor 2 mutation.

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This report describes the clinical course and management of a patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) type 2. In 2003, a 31-year-old male was diagnosed with acute aortic dissection type B; in the following six years he underwent multiple surgical and endovascular aortic procedures at different thoracic and abdominal levels secondary to progressive enlargement of both the non-dissected thoracic aorta and the false...

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