The notion that twins do everything together has met a new standard. Identical twin brothers Pablo and Julio Delcid, 21, underwent matching heart surgeries on the exact same day following their ...

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Michael’s wife, Teresa, added, “If we can save a life, we will tell anyone our story.” It’s a story that could have ended when Michael was 14 years old, when he had his first aneurysm. Michael had ...

MIAMI — Approximately 200,000 people in the United States, both men and women, suffer from Marfan Syndrome, a congenital condition that causes enlargement of the aorta and can lead to sudden death. Dr ...

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Randomization to an ARB approximately halved the annual rate of increase in the aortic root Z score compared with controls (mean 0.07 vs 0.13, P=0.012) over a median 3 years of follow-up, reported ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has designated allopurinol as the first orphan drug for the treatment of Marfan syndrome, a rare connective tissue disease which has no cure to date. This disease ...

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 ...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Beckett Hotchkiss, an 11-year-old boy, is bringing attention to a genetic disorder known as Marfan Syndrome. He's taken his push all the way to the capitol, with the hopes of better ...