title: Thoracic aortic dissection: genes, molecules, and the knife.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, and Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Justin Chin-Bong
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Scott A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: LeMaire
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D018125:Receptors, Transforming Growth Factor beta; D004247:DNA
keywords: Aneurysm, dissecting/etiology/genetics; Ehlers-Danlos syndrome/genetics; Marfan syndrome/genetics; aortic aneurysm, thoracic/etiology/genetics; apoptosis; extracellular matrix; genetic predisposition to disease; matrix metalloproteinases; mutation; osteoarthritis/genetics; receptors, transforming growth factor beta/genetics; vascular diseases/genetics