Arterial elongation and tortuosity leads to detection of a de novo TGFBR2 mutation in a young patient with complex aortic pathology | Zendy

Koen M. van de Luijtgaarden | Zendy; Frederico Bastos Gonçalves | Zendy; Daniëlle MajoorKrakauer | Zendy; Hence J.M. Verhagen | Zendy

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Arterial elongation and tortuosity leads to detection of a de novo TGFBR2 mutation in a young patient with complex aortic pathology

Author(s) -

Koen M. van de Luijtgaarden,

Frederico Bastos Gonçalves,

Daniëlle MajoorKrakauer,

Hence J.M. Verhagen

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs479

Subject(s) - medicine , tortuosity , dissection (medical) , aortic dissection , abdominal aortic aneurysm , aortic aneurysm , abdominal pain , aneurysm , radiology , surgery , arterial dissection , artery , aorta , cardiology , geotechnical engineering , porosity , engineering

In a 47-year-old muscular-build male admitted with acute abdominal pain imaging revealed a Stanford type-B aortic dissection associated with a pre-existing large aorto-iliac aneurysm ( Panels A and B ) and marked iliac-artery elongation and tortuosity ( Panels C and D , arrows). The patient underwent uneventful elective open repair of the aorto-iliac aneurysm. The marked aortic …

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