Wrist and Hand Conditions
Wrist and Hand Conditions
Wrist and Hand Conditions
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Aortic rupture<br />
Aortic rupture makes up 5% to 7% of<br />
sudden death in young athletes. Half of<br />
these cases occur in athletes with the<br />
Marfan syndrome,<br />
In the Marfan syndrome, the aortic media<br />
are deficient in the number of elastic<br />
fibers, which leads to weakening of the<br />
aortic wall (cystic medial necrosis) <strong>and</strong><br />
predisposes the individual to aortic<br />
dissection <strong>and</strong> death.