Type A Aortic Dissection in a 24-Year-Old Patient With Kabuki Syndrome

Nesar A. Hasami, MD; Kinsing Ko, MD; Marlies J.E. Kempers, MD, PhD; Roland R.J. van Kimmenade, MD, PhD; Guillaume S.C. Geuzebroek, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Jan 2024)

Type A Aortic Dissection in a 24-Year-Old Patient With Kabuki Syndrome

Nesar A. Hasami, MD,
Kinsing Ko, MD,
Marlies J.E. Kempers, MD, PhD,
Roland R.J. van Kimmenade, MD, PhD,
Guillaume S.C. Geuzebroek, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Nesar A. Hasami, MD: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Address for correspondence: Dr Nesar Ahmad Hasami, RadboudUMC, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Kinsing Ko, MD: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Marlies J.E. Kempers, MD, PhD: Human Genetics Department, Radboud University Medical Center, VASCERN HTAD European Reference Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Roland R.J. van Kimmenade, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, European Reference Network on Rare Multisystemic Vascular Diseases (VASCERN) The Heritable Thoracic Aortic Diseases Working Group (HTAD-WG) European Reference Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Guillaume S.C. Geuzebroek, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 29, no. 1
p. 102149

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Our case report documents the first type A aortic dissection in a patient with Kabuki syndrome (KS) and emphasize the need for intensive cardiovascular risk monitoring in patients with KS. It stresses the importance of further research to establish a correlation and awareness for patients with KS.

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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