title: Aortic Surgical Emergencies in Young Children With Loeys-Dietz Syndrome.
abstract: Loeys-Dietz syndrome presents early in life with rapidly progressive aortic aneurysmal disease. Aortic emergency in young children with Loeys-Dietz syndrome is an extremely rare occurrence. In this communication we report on 2 young children whose diagnoses were missed and consequently underwent urgent aortic repair due to aortic emergencies. For personalized management of aortic disease in Loeys-Dietz syndrome patients, when and how do we intervene?
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China. Electronic address: fuwai8359@126.com.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xiangyang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Xiaogang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Haitao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Fuxia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Jinping
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D055947:Loeys-Dietz Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male