What Every Vascular Surgeon Should Know About Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

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Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (VEDS) vascular type is a rare autosomal dominant disorder caused by pathogenic variants in the COL3A1, resulting in abnormal type III collagen and a high risk of arterial dissection, rupture, and other life-threatening complications at a young age. Diagnosis requires a high index of clinical suspicion and confirmatory genetic testing, which also enables cascade screening and...

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