Table 1.
Texgen Patients with Sporadic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection Patients
| Clinical Data | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Ascending aneurysma | 182 (76) |
| Ascending dissection | 40 (17) |
| Descending aneurysm | 56 (24) |
| Descending dissection | 25 (11) |
| Mean Age (yrs) | 61 ± 14; range 16–86 |
| Male | 155 (65) |
| Female | 83 (35) |
| White | 200 (84) |
| African-American | 19 (8) |
| Hispanic | 9 (4) |
| Native American | 1 (< 1) |
| Other ethnicity | 9 (4) |
| BMI | 28 ± 6 (range, 10 - 52) |
| Hypertension | 170 (72) |
| Diabetes | 23 (10) |
| Current smoker | 46 (19) |
| Past smoker | 107 (45) |
| Never smoked | 84 (35) |
| BAV | 25 (10) |
| CAD: Male, age < 55 | 7 (3) |
| CAD: Female, age < 60 | 1 (<1) |
| Stroke | 11 (5) |
n = 237.
a
A subset of patients had more than one type of thoracic aortic disease.