1. Early Surgical Experience With Loeys-Dietz: A New Syndrome of Aggressive Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Disease 
Jason A. Williams, MD, Bart L. Loeys, MD, Lois U. Nwakanma, MD, Harry C. Dietz, MD, Philip J. Spevak, MD, Nishant D. Patel, BA, Katrien François, MD, Julie DeBacker, MD, Vincent L. Gott, MD, Luca A. Vricella, MD, Duke E. Cameron, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 83, Issue 2, Pages S757-S763 (February 2007)
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2. Fig 1
This photograph of a young boy with Loeys-Dietz syndrome demonstrates the characteristic feature of hypertelorism that occurs in 90% of patients with this disorder.
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3. Fig 2
(A) Indications for surgery in 21 patients with Loeys-Dietz syndrome undergoing surgical repair. (B) Aortic operations in 21 patients with Loeys-Dietz syndrome.*Both patients had undergone prior aortic root replacement at outside institutions. (VSRR = valve-sparing root replacement.)
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