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Insights on Prevalence of Hereditary Aortic Thoracic Disease and Impact on Family Screening in Routine Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery Care
2026-08-17
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<h4>Objective: </h4> Heritable thoracic aortic disease (HTAD) is an important cause of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection, yet remains underdiagnosed. We aimed to summarize the prevalence of syndromic and non-syndromic HTAD, describe variants of uncertain significance (VUS), and evaluate the impact of family screening in a contemporary cardiothoracic surgical cohort. <h4>Methods:</h4> Between 2018 and 2026, 1...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 3541b610-a2b0-5f44-94ce-d8a3df300d2c
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202608.1061.v1
