Key result
Annual echocardiography effectively monitors asymptomatic Marfan syndrome patients for major cardiovascular complications.
Why the study?
Does annual echocardiography effectively monitor cardiovascular complications in asymptomatic patients with Marfan syndrome and ascending aortic dilatation?
Does annual echocardiography effectively monitor cardiovascular complications in asymptomatic patients with Marfan syndrome and ascending aortic dilatation?
Annual echocardiography is a useful non-invasive modality for monitoring asymptomatic patients with Marfan syndrome for life-threatening aortic complications.
May support annual echocardiography surveillance in asymptomatic Marfan syndrome; leaves open need for randomized confirmation of optimal intervals.
This study reviewed the utility of echocardiography in following patients with the Marfan syndrome for whom cardiovascular complications, especially aortic root dilatation, dissection and rupture, are the major causes of morbidity and mortality. We conclude that echocardiography can be used to follow asymptomatic patients with the Marfan syndrome.
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Kornbluth et al. (1999) studied this question. Annual echocardiography can be effectively used to monitor asymptomatic patients with Marfan syndrome for major cardiovascular complications such as aortic root dilatation.
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