Mitral valve prolapse and aortic root dilation in adults with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and related disorders.

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Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDSs) are a group of inherited connective tissue disorders, and among them, classical EDS (cEDS) and hypermobile EDS (hEDS) are the most common. Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and aortic root dilation (ARD) have previously been reported to occur at an increased frequency within cEDS and hEDS. More recently, a study performed in the pediatric population did not show increased prevalence...

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