A Mumbai woman, 8 months pregnant with twins, survived a rare heart tear and 18-hour surgery due to Marfan syndrome. An ...

Mumbai: A 31-year-old woman, eight months pregnant with twins, was rushed to KEM Hospital for intense chest pain radiating ...

Sindrom Marfan bisa terjadi pada si kecil. Anak yang berisiko mengidap penyakit ini adalah yang memiliki orang tua dengan ...

There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If all else fails, the valve must be replaced. To better understand the development of this common disease, researchers from ...

Two studies published in JACC on June 16 provide new insights on arterial events associated with heritable thoracic aortic disease (TAD) and the relative risk in patients with pathogenic variants (PVs ...

The development of aortic valve sclerosis may signal disease progression in patients with chronic heart failure.

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, we hear from a listener who has Marfan syndrome and dive into the complexities of the disease. Then we talk about pathogens that eat — or infiltrate! — plant ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has designated allopurinol as the first orphan drug for the treatment of Marfan syndrome, a rare connective tissue disease which as no cure to date. This ...

Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is highly prevalent in Marfan syndrome (MFS), but its associations with significant valvular regurgitation, the need for mitral valve (MV) surgery or elective aortic root ...

Edwards Lifesciences announced the FDA approved its transcatheter aortic valve replacement platform for treatment of severe asymptomatic aortic stenosis, the first in this patient population ...

Transcatheter aortic-valve implantation (TAVI) is associated with procedure-related stroke. Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) devices may reduce embolization to the cerebral circulation and hence t ...