Key result
Echocardiography detects severe aortic regurgitation with a 52 mm ascending aorta in Ehlers-Danlos type IV.
Case Report (n=1)
Echocardiography identified severe aortic regurgitation and significant aortic root dilation in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV.
Suggests aortic imaging in EDS type IV; leaves open evidence-based surveillance protocols.
A 47 year old white man was hospitalised for cardiac examination. A blowing diastolic heart murmur prompted us to perform echocardiography during which a severe aortic regurgitation caused by an enlarged aortic root accompanied by a dilated ascending aorta (maximal diameter 52 mm) was visualised (panels A–C). No findings indicated mitral valve prolapse. The patient’s clinical features (panels D and E) …
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Carsten Wunderlich (2004) conducted a case report in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV with severe aortic regurgitation (n=1). Echocardiography in a 47-year-old man with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV revealed severe aortic regurgitation caused by an enlarged aortic root and a dilated ascending aorta (52 mm).
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