A patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hypermobility of the joints, and hyperelasticity and fragility of the skin) associated with aortic regurgitation is reported. The aortic regurgitation appeared to be due to a combination of dilatation of the aortic ring and enlargement of the sinuses of Valsalva. Ehlers- Danlos syndrome is a rare cause of aortic regurgitation which occasionally, as in this patient, may be of clinical importance.
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