This case report describes the first known instance of sudden death following acute aortic valve prolapse in a patient with Marfan's syndrome.
Alerts clinicians to acute aortic valve prolapse as rare sudden death mechanism in Marfan syndrome; leaves open prevalence and need for targeted evaluation.
A 22 year old man with Marfan's syndrome died suddenly following acute aortic valve prolapse. Although aortic root involvement in Marfan's syndrome is common, we have found no previous description of this particular complication in the literature.
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