Aortic Aneurysms Are Often Familial Diseases
14th Nov 2006, 13:31 GMT
A detailed study of 520 patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and dissection indicates a very strong genetic link, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the Annals of Thoracic Surgery."All immediate family of patients with aneurysms of any type should be screened for TAA and abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA)," said John Elefteriades, M.D. [click link for full article]
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