In a recently published study spearheaded by Giovanny Fuentevilla-Álvarez and his team at the National Institute of Cardiology in Mexico, researchers have significantly advanced the diagnostic ...
MUNICH — Long-term treatment with the angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) irbesartan apparently slowed the process of aortic-root dilatation, a measure of disease progression, in a small population of ...
In experiments with mice that have a rodent form of Marfan syndrome, Johns Hopkins researchers report that even modestly increasing stress on the animals' hearts—at levels well-tolerated in normal ...
A study by the Institut de Neurociències of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) reveals that inflammation associated with Marfan syndrome increases vulnerability to neurological diseases ...
Progressive dilation of the aortic root is considered one of the most serious manifestations of Marfan syndrome. The antihypertensive losartan is one of the two medications recommended by current ...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Memorial Hospital’s labor and delivery wing isn’t unusual, but Leticia Maia’s pregnancy is. At 27, she lives with Marfan syndrome, a genetic disorder that affects the connective ...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Being a kid can be tough enough. Growing up with a serious health condition can make it even harder. Haley Langford, a 12-year-old South Florida seventh grader, is facing that ...
ST. LOUIS. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body’s connective tissue; these tissues hold all the body’s cells and organs together. One in 5,000 people have ...
A study by the Institut de Neurociències of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (INc-UAB) reveals that inflammation associated with Marfan syndrome increases vulnerability to neurological diseases ...
One of the priority objectives of research into rare diseases is to develop new treatments, and orphan medicines — which target conditions affecting no more than 5 in 10,000 people in the EU — provide ...
Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body's connective tissue; these tissues hold all the body's cells and organs together. FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Marfan syndrome is a genetic ...