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| spare time toys |
 Dec 25 2007, 04:19 PM
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hooked on grilling food.  Group: Members Posts: 4,059 Joined: 3-April 04 From: West Plano Tx Member No.: 1,884 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
Does anyone here have a relative with this? Our little girl has been diagnosed with it. They did the echocardio and she has a slight enlarging of the aorta. They said to come back in a year and they will remeasure, I just want to know how this changes things if you have it in your house? She is just not suposed to play high impact sports.
Thanks for any info. -Larry |
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| Dr Evil |
Dec 26 2007, 03:46 AM
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Send me your transmission! Group: Members Posts: 23,041 Joined: 21-November 03 From: Loveland, OH 45140 Member No.: 1,372 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region 
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Most of the sports athletes with sudden failure of the heart had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The main issue with Marfan's is the protein that is screwed up in the connective tissue which does lead to hyperflexible joints, retinal detachment, and mitral valve prolapse and aortic dilation and dissection. One interesting bed side test is to see if one can ring their wrist with the pointer and thumb. If you can do this you may have marfans....supposedly. Arachnodactyly is a very common finding (look it up in google images).
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spare time toys O/T Medical question Marfan Syndrome Dec 25 2007, 04:19 PM
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