Aortic dilation, genetic testing, and associated diagnoses.

Yuri A ZarateElizabeth SellarsTiffany LepardXinyu TangR Thomas Collins

Published in: Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics (2015)

The differential diagnosis in patients with aortic dilation is broad and includes many conditions outside the common connective tissue disorder spectrum. A genetics evaluation should be considered to assist in the diagnostic evaluation.Genet Med 18 4, 356-363.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
left ventricular
pulmonary artery
aortic dissection
pulmonary arterial hypertension
pulmonary hypertension