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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 7.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2021 Sep 2;7(1):64. doi: 10.1038/s41572-021-00298-7

Figure 1. Aortic root aneurysm and acute aortic dissections in patients with MFS.

Figure 1.

A. Illustration of the anatomy of the aorta, with a photo of an aortic root aneurysm. B, C. Patients with MFS present with aortic root aneurysms, which predispose to type A aortic dissections. D. Type B aortic dissection are also part of the disease spectrum. [CE: credit lines needed]