Julia Dumfarth

Insights on Prevalence of Hereditary Aortic Thoracic Disease and Impact on Family Screening in Routine Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery Care

Objective: Heritable thoracic aortic disease (HTAD) is an important cause of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection, yet remains underdiagnosed. We aimed to summarize the prevalence of syndromic and non-syndromic HTAD, describe variants of uncertain significance (VUS), and evalu...