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Aortic root diameter over a 20-year period in a woman with Marfan syndrome; the diameter continued to enlarge during a first pregnancy and thereafter to reach the accepted threshold of 45 mm.28 She requested referral for personalised external aortic root support (PEARS). Her aortic dimensions were reduced as was seen in eight of the first 10 PEARS operations.20
