title: Invited Commentary.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710. Electronic address: asad.shah@duke.edu.
authors.forename: Asad A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Shah
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D005820:Genetic Testing / Q000379:methods*; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male