Why Marfan's syndrome?

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Marfan's syndrome, also known as Marfan's syndrome, is an inherited connective tissue disease, which is autosomal dominant inheritance. The disease is characterized by slender and uneven limbs, fingers and toes, significantly higher height than ordinary people, accompanied by cardiovascular system abnormalities, especially the combined heart valve abnormalities and aortic aneurysm. The disease may also affect other organs, including lung, eye, dura mater, hard palate, etc. Marfan syndrome from the name can be easily understood, this is not a single disease, but a collective. Let's take a look at the following.

Why Marfan's syndrome?

First: however, although Marfan syndrome is not a single disease, its main harm is cardiovascular disease, especially aortic aneurysm, also known as Marfan's heart disease! Marfan's heart disease is an inherited connective tissue disease, which is an autosomal dominant genetic disease.

Second, the disease mainly involves the bone, heart, muscle, ligament and connective tissue of mesoderm. Skeletal deformity is the most common, with long and thin tubular bone, long and thin fingers and toes. The heart may have mitral regurgitation or prolapse, aortic regurgitation.

Third, if the patient is ill, his disease is characterized by slender and uneven limbs, fingers and toes, his height is significantly higher than that of ordinary people, accompanied by cardiovascular system abnormalities, especially with heart valve abnormalities and aortic aneurysm. This is very similar to common heart disease.

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So it can be learned from the above that although the main disease of Marfan's syndrome is Marfan's heart disease, not all syndromes involve the heart. So Marfan's syndrome does not belong to heart disease, but has some intersection with heart disease.