Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease Overview

Excerpt

The purpose of this overview is to:

1. 1

   Define the clinical characteristics of thoracic aortic disease;

2. 2

   Review the causes of heritable thoracic aortic disease;

3. 3

   Provide a strategy for evaluation and genetic risk assessment for heritable thoracic aortic disease in a proband;

4. 4

   Review management recommendations for individuals with heritable thoracic aortic disease;

5. 5

   Inform genetic counseling and risk assessment in family members of a proband with heritable thoracic aortic disease.