TY - JOUR T1 - Cardiovascular assessment in girls and women with Turner syndrome: a survey of current practice in the UK JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 294 LP - 295 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2015-310106 VL - 101 IS - 3 AU - Avril Mason AU - Arlene Smyth AU - Sze Choong Wong Y1 - 2016/03/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/101/3/294.1.abstract N2 - We read with interest the clinical review on monitoring of cardiovascular (CVS) risks in children with Turner syndrome (TS) by Dr Turtle and colleagues in the July edition of Archives of Diseases in Childhood.1 We thank them for highlighting this often ignored aspect of clinical care especially in growing girls with TS.Aortic dilatation and aortic dissection are approximately six times commoner in TS with a peak incidence in the third decade, although this can also happen in younger girls. An extensive summary of all 122 published cases of TS and aortic dissection is included in a review on the topic.2 The 2007 Turner Syndrome Consensus Study Group guideline … ER -