Open AccessAneurysmal Dilatation of Medium Caliber Arteries in Turner Syndrome
Author(s) -
Polkampally Pritam R.,
Matta Jatin R.,
McAreavey Dorothea,
Bakalov Vladimir,
Bondy Carolyn A,
Gharib Ahmed M.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
congenital heart disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1747-0803
pISSN - 1747-079X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00485.x
Subject(s) - medicine , caliber , turner syndrome , abnormality , coronary arteries , cardiology , chromosomal abnormality , dilation (metric space) , genetic syndromes , artery , pediatrics , karyotype , chromosome , genetics , materials science , mathematics , combinatorics , psychiatry , biology , metallurgy , gene
Turner syndrome is the most common chromosomal abnormality in female subjects, affecting 1 in 2000 live births. The condition is associated with a generalized vasculopathy as well as congenital cardiac and other defects. We report aneurysmal dilation of medium caliber arteries involving the celiac axis and coronary vessels in two women with Turner syndrome.