Schoenhoff F, Schmidli J, Czerny M, Carrel T P
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Berne, Berne, Switzerland.
J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2013 Feb;54(1 Suppl 1):125-34.
Acute dissection and rupture of aortic aneurysms comprise for 1-2% of all deaths in developed countries. Dilation of the aorta is caused by several different mechanisms including inherited disorders of connective tissue. Recent reports estimate that 20% of patients presenting with thoracic aortic disease do have an underlying genetic basis of disease.
在发达国家,急性主动脉瘤夹层和破裂占所有死亡病例的1%-2%。主动脉扩张由多种不同机制引起,包括遗传性结缔组织疾病。最近的报告估计,20%出现胸主动脉疾病的患者确实有潜在的疾病遗传基础。