Li Willa, Cohen William, Combs Pamela, Wong Joshua, Loomba Rohit, Lee Brian K, El-Zein Chawki, Ilbawi Michel, Vricella Luca, Hibino Narutoshi
Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Pediatric Cardiology, Advocate Children's Heart Institute, Advocate Children's Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL, USA.
Cardiol Young. 2021 May;31(5):848-850. doi: 10.1017/S1047951120004886. Epub 2021 Jan 25.
Loeys-Dietz syndrome is a connective tissue disorder known to cause aggressive aortopathy in paediatric patients, but it is extremely rare for cardiovascular events to present during infancy. We report the first successful aortic repair in a neonate with LDS presenting in extremis with an early onset, massive aortic aneurysm.