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español  The future of treating heart disease is now. Marfan
Syndrome | Share  Related terms: connective tissue disorder,
genetic defect, congenital   Marfan syndrome is a rare disorder
that causes the connective tissue in the body to be weaker than
it should be. Connective tissue is the material that holds
together many structures in your body, such as tendons,
ligaments, cartilage, blood vessels, heart valves, and more.
Because the connective tissue is weaker in Marfan patients, it
affects how the heart and blood vessels, eyes, and skeleton are
formed and how they work.  In the news ... December 2013
Learning to Defuse the Aorta  New York Times Science.  What
causes Marfan syndrome?  Marfan syndrome is thought to be an
inherited disease that is caused by a defect in a gene. About
50,000 people in the United States are diagnosed with the condi