Familial aortic dissection: a report of rare family cluster.
Acute aortic dissection occurred in three of four siblings without Marfan syndrome. All of them were successfully treated by operation and remain well 6-42 months after operation. Their mother died suddenly in another hospital of acute aortic dissection. All her siblings were dead and cardiovascular disease was suspected in all of them.
Toyama
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kameda General Hospital, Chiba, Japan.
Amano
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Kameda
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000235:genetics* / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010375:Pedigree