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Aortic root diameter and nasal intermittent positive airway pressure treatment in Marfan's syndrome by J Verbraecken; BP Paelinck; M Willemen; P Van de Heyning; W De Backer is a Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology article available to read on EtoBox.

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We report on a patient with Marfan's syndrome, with coexistent obstructive sleep hypopnea (OSH) and restrictive lung disease, complicated by respiratory insufficiency, who was successfully treated with nasal intermittent positive airway pressure (NIPPV) and oxygen. NIPPV therapy turned out to be effective on arterial gas exchange and well tolerated. Moreover, progressive dilatation of the aortic root was attenuated during NIPPV, but could, however, not be reversed. We hypothetized that (at least partially) a decrease of nocturnal intrathoracic pressures could explain this.

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Author

J Verbraecken; BP Paelinck; M Willemen; P Van de Heyning; W De Backer

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Blackwell Publishing Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0009-9163)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Life Sciences)