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TBAD Anatomy & Pathophysiology
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50 year old man, with Type B dissection, mild (one- drug) antecedent hypertension, no abnormal morphometrics, a cousin who had an aortic aneurysm (not dissection). He probably has
- A. Hypertension-related sporadic TAD
- B. Some form of Marfan’s
- C. Some other genetic abnormality
- D. Bad luck
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51% 14% 31% 3%
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Symposium 2015
TBAD Anatomy & Pathophysiology
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Syndromic
DeBacker et al, Ann Cardiothor Surg, 2013
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Symposium 2015
TBAD Anatomy & Pathophysiology
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PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
GENETICS
Syndromic
SYNDROME GENE LOCATION Marfans Fibrillin 1 Mostly ascending aorta, aortic root; few descending aorta Loeys-Dietz 1 TGFBR1/2 Aortic root Ehlers-Danlos IV COL3A1 Mostly thoracic aorta and abdominal aorta Aneurysm-Osteoarthritis SMAD3 Mostly ascending aorta Turners syndrome 46X 15% are Type B eNOS 4a/b polymorphism 90% Type A
UCSF Vascular & Endovascular Symposium 2015
TBAD Anatomy & Pathophysiology
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Non-Syndromic
genes related to smooth muscle contractile function
Isolated / sporadic
DeBacker et al, Ann Cardiothor Surg, 2013