File:Angiography image indicating Supravalvular aortic stenosis.jpg

Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis in Williams Syndrome

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This sngiography image shows the most common heart condition that arises in Williams Syndrome, Supravalvular aortic stenosis(SVAS), a narrowing of the ascending aorta caused by the disruption or deletion of the elastin gene on chromosome 7.

Original legend: Left Ventricular Cine angiography picture demonstrating clearly the Supravalvular aortic stenosis in a 12 year old patient. Figure shows pigtail catheter in left ventricle with opacification of aortic sinuses, coronary vessels, ascending aorta with arch, arch vessels and descending aorta. Labelled structures are RCA (right coronary artery), LMCA (left main coronary artery)

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