A 37-year-old member asked:

Can you tell me why there are often life-threatening aortic defects associated with marfan's syndrome?

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Dr. Bennett Werneranswered

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Yes: Aortic dissection is a known complication.

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Firbrillin 1: In short, problem in Marfan's is a misfolding of a protein involved in the structure of connective tissue in various parts of the human body, notably in tissues such as mitral and aortic valves and aorta, which can lead to mitral valve prolapse, aortic dilation and aneurysms, aortic regurgitation, aortic dissection, etc along with extra cardiac manifestations.

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A 27-year-old male asked:

Hello, I have marfan Syndrom and Already did 2 Heartoperations ,So I have an artificial valve and Aorta. I am doing sport normally like swimming and gym and I want to ask if I can take creatine and Whey Protein normally beside going to gym. Thank u?

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A 42-year-old female asked:

What is a normal aortic root measurement for a 6 foot 4 man age 42? He has severe mitral regurgitation and a mildly dilated aortic root (3.9cm) Candoes he have Marfan or is this possible w/0 that ? The rest of his echo looked good EF 65-70%?

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A 26-year-old male asked:

I had open heart surgery to replace my auortic valve. Now they are saying I have cystic medial necrosis. Does this mean I have marfans?

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A 46-year-old member asked:

Marfan syndrome is a hereditary defect in elastin fibers, what is this?

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At what age can you tell a child has Marfan syndrome?

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