title: Isolated giant aortic aneurysm in an infant: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hetzer
authors.forename: Eva Maria B
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Delmo Walter
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alexi-Meskishvili
mesh_terms: 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