Whole aorta imaging shows increased risk for thoracic aortic aneurysms and dilatations in relatives of abdominal aortic aneurysm patients
An increased risk for thoracic aneurysms and dilatations was detected by whole aorta imaging of relatives of index patients with AAA, even when index patients were unaware of familial aneurysms. These results indicate still unknown shared genetic susceptibilities for thoracic and abdominal aneurysms. Therefore, imaging of the whole aorta of relatives of all abdominal aneurysm patients, will improve early detection of aortic aneurysms in relatives of all patients with AAA.
Authors
- Hence J.M. Verhagen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0589-8329)
- Jorg L. de Bruin
- Heleen M.M. van Beusekom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2930-1152)
- Hennie T. Brüggenwirth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4303-8896)
- Daniëlle Majoor‐Krakauer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3440-8541)
- Jos A. Bekkers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0221-9239)
- Arne IJpma
- Heng Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2222-7105)
- Jolien W Roos-Hesselink
Institutions
- Erasmus MC (NL)
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Vascular Surgery
- Published
- 2024-10-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2024.10.067
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.84
Funders
- China Scholarship Council
- Stichting Lijf en Leven