title: Marfan syndrome with ascending aortic aneurysm: value of cardiac computed tomography.
abstract: We report the case of a 40-year-old man with known Marfan syndrome who presented with severe aortic valve regurgitation secondary to significant aortic root dilatation. To rule out coronary artery disease and to evaluate the rest of the thoracic aorta before surgery, cardiac computed tomography (CT) was performed. A brief review of the literature shows how cardiac CT can, in selected cases, rule out coronary artery disease before non-coronary cardiothoracic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital de Santa Cruz - Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental, Lisboa, Portugal. p965675551@gmail.com
authors.forename: Pedro Jerónimo
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Sousa
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Araújo Gonçalves
authors.forename: Sérgio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boshoff
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: Salomé
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: João
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Moradas Ferreira
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mota Carmo
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aleixo
authors.forename: José Pedro
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mendes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001011:Aorta; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed