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Treatment of a patient with vertebral and subclavian aneurysms in the setting of a TGFBR2 mutation.
Journal of vascular surgery - 1 Apr 2013
Sylvan Joshua, Greenberg Roy K, Mastracci Tara M, Eagleton Matthew J, Moran Rocio
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We present the case of a patient diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome with aneurysms of the subclavian and vertebral arteries. Molecular testing demonstrated transforming growth factor-beta receptor type 2 mutation. She was not a candidate for an open repair; therefore, a hybrid approach involving right vertebral ligation and bypass from the right common carotid to the vertebral C1-2 interface,...
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