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[Genetics and prevention of genetic aortic syndromes (GAS) and of the Marfan syndrome].
Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - 1 Feb 2015
von Kodolitsch Y, Blankart C R, Vogler M, Kallenbach K, Robinson P N
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genetic aortic syndromes are autosomal-dominantly heritable aneurysms of the thoracic aorta, which carry a high risk of aortic rupture or acute thoracic aortic dissection at young age. OBJECTIVES: We introduce the reader to the principles of genetic diagnostics and the medical and surgical prevention of thoracic aortic dissection in patients with genetic aortic syndromes. METHODS: A cardiologist, a...
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