Lurie Children's Hospital
About
Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago runs a multidisciplinary Connective Tissue Disorders Program focused on pediatric and young adult patients with genetically confirmed or suspected cardiovascular connective tissue conditions. The program evaluates and manages vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, kyphoscoliotic EDS, Marfan syndrome, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, aortopathy, familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections, and undifferentiated connective tissue disorders. Hypermobile EDS diagnostic evaluations are not performed within this program. New patients are accepted ages 0 to 18. The core team includes pediatric cardiologists, medical geneticists, genetic counselors, and a cardiovascular-thoracic surgeon, with weekly interdisciplinary case review. Services include genetic counseling, lifelong cardiac monitoring, echocardiography, cardiac MRI and MRA, CT imaging, 4-D flow MRI, and family screening for first-degree relatives.
About This Listing
Lurie Children's Hospital is listed under Cardiology and Mental Health in Chicago, Illinois.This provider is noted for experience with Hypermobility. For more EDS specialists in Illinois, see our Illinois guide.