Z-Score Calculator for Children
For patients up to 25 years of age: utilizing systole, inner to inner edge measurement of the sinuses of valsalva according to personal communication from Steve Colan.
Know the Signs, Fight for Victory
For patients up to 25 years of age: utilizing systole, inner to inner edge measurement of the sinuses of valsalva according to personal communication from Steve Colan.
We compiled the 2010 Revised Ghent Nosology for Marfan Syndrome into a simple diagnostic tool to put the updated criteria right in your hands. It is designed for all healthcare professionals involved in the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome, including general practitioners and specialists such as pediatricians, cardiologists, orthopedists, ophthalmologists, and geneticists.
Clinical manifestations of MFS in other organ systems were critically evaluated for their specificity and diagnostic utility based on expert opinion and the available literature. Several of the “minor” criteria from the old Ghent nosology were eliminated, but the most selective systemic features were included in the “systemic score”.
Different methods are used for aortic root dilatation in different publications (eg.diastolic versus systolic measurement, inner to inner or leading edge to leading edge diameters).
Professional Advisory Board Member Enid Neptune, MD, Johns Hopkins, addresses some of the myths around COVID-19.
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