title: [The usefulness of Doppler echocardiography in the diagnosis of neonatal Marfan's syndrome. A clinical case report].
abstract: Marfan syndrome is very rarely diagnosed in the neonate, and specific pathological and clinical findings are described in this age; cardiac involvement occurs very often, carrying severe prognosis in most patients. In the presented case the diagnosis was suspected according to clinical findings; bidimensional echocardiography showed that the most important lesion was tricuspid dysplasia and prolapse; Doppler echocardiography has contributed to explain the clinical severity, showing regurgitation of all cardiac valves and a pattern of functional tricuspid atresia. Autoptic examination has later confirmed all these findings.
authors.affiliation: Unità Operativa di Cardiologia, Ospedale A Meyer, Firenze.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Manetti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Simone
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Favilli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cecchi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pollini
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gori
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Utilità dell'ecocardiografia Doppler nella diagnosi di sindrome di Marfan neonatale. Descrizione di un caso clinico.