DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN FAMILIAL AND SPORADIC THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSMS AND DISSECTIONS

Background: Patients with familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections (F-TAAD) have an elevated risk of dissection or rupture, but are more difficult to identify as being hereditary than syndromic patients. We aimed to identify features differentiating patients with F-TAAD from those with