Cardiovascular concerns are common - affecting seventy-five percent of individuals with WS. The severity of issues varies widely, from benign murmurs to more complicated issues requiring one or more surgical interventions. The most common of the issues affecting those with Williams syndrome are aortic and pulmonary stenosis, coarctation, and valve defects.
Featured Cardiovascular Resources
- Heart Rate Variability Analysis May Identify Individuals With Williams-Beuren Syndrome at Risk of Sudden Death (2022)
- Increased Heart Rate Fragmentation in Those with WS Suggests Non-autonomic Mechanistic Contributors to Sudden Death Risk (2023)
- Sudden Death and WS - What to Tell/Ask the Anesthesiologist Before a Procedure (2024 Conventional Panel Discussion)
- The Heart of WS: Lessons from the NIH (2020)
- What to Tell/Ask the Anesthesiologist Before a Procedure (2020 Webinar)
- Cardiovascular Disease in Williams Syndrome (2013)
- Adverse cardiac events in children with Williams syndrome undergoing cardiovascular surgery (2015)
- Clinical Significance of Prolonged QTc Interval in Williams Syndrome (2011)
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