In a routine medical examination, a young man is noted to be tall with a slight scoliosis and pectus excavatum. He had been told that he was over the 95% percentile for height as a child. The examining physician suspects the patient has Marfan syndrome, and auscultation reveals a heart murmur. Echocardiography shows an enlarged aortic root, aortic valve regurgitation, and mitral valve prolapse. 1. What is the cause Marfan's syndrome? 2. Pathophysiology 3. What type of tissue is the most affected in this disease? Explain why.

In a routine medical examination, a young man is noted to be tall with a slight scoliosis and pectus excavatum. He had been told that he was over the 95% percentile for height as a child. The examining physician suspects the patient has Marfan syndrome, and auscultation reveals a heart murmur. Echocardiography shows an enlarged aortic root, aortic valve regurgitation, and mitral valve prolapse. 1. What is the cause Marfan's syndrome? 2. Pathophysiology 3. What type of tissue is the most affected in this disease? Explain why.

Biomedical Instrumentation Systems

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Chapter14: Instrumentation In Diagnostic Ultrasound

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