Serial advanced imaging tools like CMR are useful for surveillance and management of patients with Loeys-Dietz Syndrome.
Routine surveillance imaging warrants consideration in asymptomatic LDS children; extends sparse evidence but remains hypothesis-generating.
An asymptomatic 3-year-old with Loeys-Dietz Syndrome (LDS) followed for a small patent ductus arteriosus and dilated aorta was found to have a massive ductal aneurysm on routine surveillance cardiac magnetic resonance. The aneurysm was successfully resected. Serial advanced imaging tools are useful in surveillance, diagnosis, and management in patients with LDS.
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