title: Correspondence to Vorselaars et al. thoracic aorta dilation in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia due to SMAD4 gene mutation.
authors.affiliation: Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.|Sanford R Weiss Center for Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Neoplasia, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Brandie
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Heald
authors.affiliation: Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rigelsky
authors.affiliation: Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Rocio
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moran
authors.affiliation: Sanford R Weiss Center for Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Neoplasia, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.|Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: LaGuardia
authors.affiliation: Sanford R Weiss Center for Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Neoplasia, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.|Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Malley
authors.affiliation: Sanford R Weiss Center for Hereditary Colorectal Cancer Neoplasia, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.|Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Carol A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.|Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
authors.forename: Kenneth
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zahka
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D044483:Intestinal Polyposis / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D051901:Smad4 Protein / Q000502:physiology*; D013683:Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D051901:Smad4 Protein