Importance of family cascade screening and genetics in aortic or coronary dissections, single-center study
Aneurysm and dissection of great arteries may be a sign of inherited aortic diseases in individuals < 60 years of age. Our aim was to assess the yield of genetic and clinical family cascade screening in this condition. We studied 131 (31 post mortem, 100 survivors) cases (82 males, 49 females, average age...