Symptoms plus family history trump size in thoracic aortic aneurysm.

Abstract excerpt

A 43-year-old woman presented with chest pain of unclear cause. The patient's mother and brother had suffered aortic dissection. Echocardiography had shown mild dilatation of the ascending aorta at 4.0 cm. Echocardiogram and magnetic resonance imaging were negative for dissection. The patient was taken to the operating room on the basis of her painful symptoms and her family history. Unexpectedly, a localized...

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