Isolated giant aortic aneurysm in an infant: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV.
This report describes a successful surgical treatment of an isolated giant aneurysm of the ascending aorta and its arch in an 8-month-old infant.
Hetzer
Roland
R
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Berlin, Germany.
Delmo Walter
Eva Maria B
EM
Meyer
Rudolf
R
Alexi-Meskishvili
Vladimir
V
D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D018450:Disease Progression; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D017755:Prosthesis Fitting; D012086:Reoperation