Bicuspid Aortic Valves and Aortopathy Cluster Among Close Relatives
Diagnoses of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), thoracic aortic aneurysm, and thoracic aortic dissection appeared to run in families extending beyond first-degree relatives, according to the largest pedigree-based study on the subject to date. Among probands with BAV and aortopathy in the Utah Population Database, first-degree relatives were several times more likely to share a concordant […]