Dr Devi Prasad ShettyOne of my patients has unusually long arms, legs and fingers, along with a strikingly tall and thin physique. He suffers from Marfan syndrome, a rare genetic disorder affecting the body’s connective tissue.
Over my 45-year-long practice as a cardiac surgeon, I have operated on two generations of people belonging to the same family who have this syndrome. Likely to be passed down multiple generations if either parent has it, the syndrome can be fatal as it makes the aorta — the largest artery in the body—vulnerable.
