Cardiac-Valvular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

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Alternate names

EDS, cardiac valvular type; EHLERS-DANLOS SYNDROME, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE, CARDIAC VALVULAR FORM; Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, cardiac valvular type; Cardiac-Valvular EDS; cvEDS

Definition

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, cardiac valvular type is a form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome characterized by soft skin, skin hyperextensibility, easy bruisability, atrophic scar formation, joint hypermobility and cardiac valvular defects comprising mitral and/or aortic valve insufficiency.

NIH genetic and rare disease info

Cardiac-Valvular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a rare disease.


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Cardiac-Valvular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

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