Acute aortic valve prolapse in Marfan's syndrome.
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.
Carr
N J
NJ
RAF Institute of Pathology and Tropical Medicine, Halton, Aylesbury, Bucks, UK.
Cullen
S A
SA
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology; D001023:Aortic Valve Prolapse / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology