BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The association of arterial tortuosity and connective tissue
diseases is widely reported in the literature, but only a few studies were based on a …

High arterial tortuosity may signify early arterial pathology which may precede development
of intracranial aneurysms. We measured arterial tortuosity of intracranial vessels and …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: There is a general assumption in the cerebrovascular
literature that there is an association between carotid artery tortuosity and connective tissues …

Abstract Purpose Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a connective tissue disease caused by
mutations in the genes encoding the transforming growth factor-β receptor (TGFBR). LDS is …

Background—Arterial tortuosity is described as a common and distinctive feature of Loeys-
Dietz syndrome (LDS), yet reports on arterial tortuosity are based on qualitative observations …

Patients with connective tissue diseases (CTDs) are suspected to be at higher risk for
cerebrovascular involvement, such as intracranial aneurysms, dissections and strokes, than …

Background Clinical evidence suggests that the currently recommended approach to
estimate the risk of aortic dissection in Marfan syndrome (MFS) is not reliable enough …

We describe a boy with Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) a genetic and recently described
condition that affects connective tissues belonging to a group of Marfan-related disorders …

Purpose To investigate the association of tortuosity of the main cerebral arteries with
intracranial aneurysm (IA) occurrence and rupture. To investigate the relationship between …

Nine patients (group A) were found on magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) to have
excessive carotid artery, vertebral artery, and vertebrobasilar junction tortuosity. A control …