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.