Table 1. Summary of the phenotype of individuals in the Families.

Summary of Findings/Family	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	TOT
Previously known – dead due to dissection	1	1	2	1	2	3	1	11
Previously known – dissection, alive	2	1				2	1	6
Previously known – prophylactic operation		2		2			1	5
Previously known – aorta dilated			1	1				2
New cases	4	3	1	2	6	1	2	19
Normal aortic dimension	5	2	15	23	24	13	5	87

Phenotypes of 11 deceased, 13 living patients, and 106 participants, for a total number of 130. The individuals in the families that did not participate in study (n=16) were excluded.