Will CCA patients have the cardiovascular complications associated with Marfan syndrome?
Although it was initially believed that CCA patients would not have an aortic root dilatation, recently it has been shown that some do. However, it has not yet been determined if the aortic root dilatation observed in these patients will progress to an aortic dissection or rupture, as is the case with Marfan Syndrome. Therefore it is still recommended that CCA patients still have their heart regularly monitored by echocardiogram.
