Common gene variant associated with aortic dissection: Study reveals risk factor that doubles chance of developing silent killer
Sunday, September 11, 2011 - 18:30
in Health & Medicine
Richard Holbrooke, John Ritter, Lucille Ball, Jonathan Larson and Great Britain's King George II were all taken by the same silent killer: an acute aortic dissection. Now, scientists have found an association with a common genetic variant in the population that predisposes people to acute dissections and can approximately double a person's chances of having the disease.