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Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections—Incidence, Modes of Inheritance, and Phenotypic Patterns

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TAAs are frequently familial diseases, exemplifying a more aggressive clinical entity and Screening of first-order relatives of probands with TAA is essential.
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This article is published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.The article was published on 2006-10-01. It has received 389 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Familial thoracic aortic aneurysm & Aneurysm.

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Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2022 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

- 22 Feb 2022 - 
TL;DR: The American Heart Association, through its Statistics Committee, continuously monitors and evaluates sources of data on heart disease and stroke in the United States to provide the most current information available in the annual Statistical Update as discussed by the authors .
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Revised diagnostic criteria for the Marfan syndrome.

TL;DR: More stringent requirements for diagnosis of the Marfan syndrome in relatives of an unequivocally affected individual; skeletal involvement as a major criterion if at least 4 of 8 typical skeletal manifestations are present; and potential contribution of molecular analysis to the diagnosis of Marfan Syndrome are proposed.
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Yearly rupture or dissection rates for thoracic aortic aneurysms: simple prediction based on size.

TL;DR: This analysis strongly supports careful radiologic follow-up and elective, preemptive surgical intervention for the otherwise lethal condition of large thoracic aortic aneurysm.
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Mutations in Transforming Growth Factor-β Receptor Type II Cause Familial Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections

TL;DR: Structural analysis of the TGFBR2 serine/threonine kinase domain revealed that R460 is strategically located within a highly conserved region of this domain and that the amino acid substitutions resulting from these mutations will interfere with the receptor’s ability to transduce signals.
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Familial patterns of thoracic aortic aneurysms.

TL;DR: This study supports the role of genetic factors influencing familial aggregation of TAA, and suggests Thoracic aortic aneurysms in association with multiplex pedigrees represent a new risk factor for aneurYSm growth.
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Natural history, pathogenesis, and etiology of thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections

TL;DR: The ascending and descending aorta appear to have separate underlying disease processor that lead to a weakened vessel wall and an increased susceptibility for dissection.
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