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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Aortic Root Dilatation in Taiwanese Patients with Mucopolysaccharidoses and the Long-Term Effects of Enzyme Replacement Therapy.

Hsiang-Yu Lin, Ming-Ren Chen, Chung-Lin Lee, Shan-Miao Lin, Chung-Lieh Hung, Dau-Ming Niu, Tung-Ming Chang, Chih-Kuang Chuang, Shuan-Pei Lin

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Hsiang-Yu LinDepartment of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City 25245, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-9619-0990
Ming-Ren ChenDepartment of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City 25245, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0003-0708-1002
Chung-Lin LeeMacKay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management, Taipei 11260, Taiwan.
Shan-Miao LinDepartment of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City 25245, Taiwan.
Chung-Lieh HungDepartment of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City 25245, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-2858-3493
Dau-Ming NiuInstitute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 11221, Taiwan.
Tung-Ming ChangDepartment of Pediatric Neurology, Changhua Christian Children's Hospital, Changhua 500, Taiwan.
Chih-Kuang ChuangDepartment of Medical Research, MacKay Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 25160, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-9776-2092
Shuan-Pei LinDepartment of Medicine, MacKay Medical College, New Taipei City 25245, Taiwan.
Mackay Memorial Hospital · TWNational Taipei University of Nursing and Health Science · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWChina Medical University · TWFu Jen Catholic University · TWKaohsiung Medical University · TW

Funding

The Ministry of Science and Technology, Executive Yuan, Taiwan MOST-108-2314-B-195-012, MOST-109-2314-B-195-024, MOST-108-2314-B-195-014, MOST-106-2314-B-195-015-MY2, and MOST-105-2628-B-195-001-MY3
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCardiovascular abnormalities have been observed in patients with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) of any type, with the most documented abnormalities being valvular regurgitation and stenosis and cardiac hypertrophy. Only a few studies have focused on aortic root dilatation and the long-term effects of enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) in these patients.

methodsWe reviewed echocardiograms of 125 Taiwanese MPS patients (age range, 0.1 to 19.1 years; 11 with MPS I, 49 with MPS II, 25 with MPS III, 29 with MPS IVA, and 11 with MPS VI). The aortic root diameter was measured at the sinus of Valsalva.

resultsAortic root dilatation (

conclusionsAortic root dilatation was common in the patients with all types of MPS, with the most severe aortic root dilatation observed in those with MPS IV. The severity of aortic root dilatation worsened with increasing age, reinforcing the concept of the progressive nature of this disease. ERT for MPS appears to stabilize the progression of aortic root dilatation.

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aortic root dilatationechocardiographyenzyme replacement therapymucopolysaccharidosis

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PMID33374885
PMCPMC7823494
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