title: Classical Cardiovascular Manifestations of Marfan Syndrome.
abstract: Presence of multiple cardiovascular manifestations of the Marfan syndrome in the same patient is not commonly encountered. We present a 49 year-old lady with this syndrome who presented with decompensated heart failure. Evaluation revealed presence of extensive Stanford type A aortic dissection alongwith severe aortic and mitral incompetence. However, the patient declined surgery and was discharged on medical management. At a year's follow-up, she had dyspnea of NYHA class II with persistent cardiovascular findings.
authors.forename: Girish R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Sabnis
authors.forename: Devendra V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Patil
authors.forename: Milind S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Phadke
authors.forename: Charan P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Lanjewar
authors.forename: Ashish A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Nabar
authors.forename: Prafulla G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Kerkar
mesh_terms: D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography