Aortic Gene Dictionary in the Precision Medicine Era-update from the Aortic Institute at Yale New Haven

Overview

Journal Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

Publisher Springer

Date 2022 Apr 25

PMID 35463698

Authors

Dimitra Papanikolaou

Mohammad A Zafar

Bulat A Ziganshin

John A Elefteriades

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Abstract

This paper reviews the current understanding of the inherited, genetic nature of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD), as well as the practice of genetic testing for thoracic aortic disease at the Aortic Institute at Yale-New Haven Hospital.

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