Cardiac Defects in a Patient With Congenital Contractural Arachnodactyly

Abstract

Congenital contractural arachnodactyly (CCA) is a connective tissue disorder sharing many of the clinical manifestations of Marfan's syndrome. The case presented emphasizes that severe cardiac involvement may be manifested in the neonate with CCA, thus altering the more characteristic benign prognosis of CCA.