Are thoracic aortic aneurysms hereditary?

Great, is thoracic aortic aneurysm hereditary? It's a good question, so in certain conditions such as Marfan's, Ehlers-Danlos and those kind of conditions there is a very well-defined hereditary element and the aneurysms form as part of a familial syndrome. syndrome. In lots of patients who have dissections or aneurysm ruptures at a young age, there can be found certain genes which are grouped together in the broad term of familial aortic dissection syndrome. These are often not specific genes that cause a disease as such, but clusters of genes which we can test for. In the absence of those, then in the same way that coronary artery disease can be hereditary, then the way that people's bodies respond to exposure to certain risk factors can run in families. And so if you have a family member that has a thoracic aortic aneurysm, certainly below the age of 60, or even someone that has an abdominal aortic aneurysm below the age of 60, it's a good idea to get screened for those. Another interesting thing is that women are equally prone to thoracic aortic aneurysms than men, which is the opposite, which is not the opposite, but is different to inferenal aneurysms which affect predominantly men.