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Nonsyndromic genetic predisposition to aortic dissection: a newly recognized, diagnosable, and preventable occurrence in families.
Annals of emergency medicine - 1 Jan 2004
Hasham Sumera N, Lewin Matthew R, Tran Van T, Pannu Hariyadarshi, Muilenburg Ann, Willing Marcia, Milewicz Dianna M
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The major diseases affecting the aorta are aortic aneurysms and dissections, with patients with acute dissections often presenting in the emergency department (ED). Recent studies demonstrate a strong genetic predisposition to thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections, independent of syndromes traditionally considered to predispose to aortic disease (such as Marfan syndrome). Nonsyndromic familial thoracic aortic...
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