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The genetic basis for aortic aneurysmal disease.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 1 Jun 2014
Saratzis Athanasios, Bown Matthew J
Abstract excerpt
Aortic aneurysms are an important cause of cardiovascular death in elderly patients. At present, little is known of the pathobiology of aneurysmal disease and this limits the ability to develop non-surgical treatments to stabilise aneurysms. Both thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) demonstrate a strong genetic component in their aetiology. Determination of the genetic variants associated with aneurysmal...
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