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. 2017 Feb 3;6(2):e003792. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003792

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© 2017 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley Blackwell.

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Aneurysm growth rates in men and women based on aneurysm etiology. dTAA indicates degenerative thoracic aortic aneurysm; hTAA, heritable thoracic aortic aneurysm. Among subjects with dTAA, aneurysm growth rates were over 3 times greater in women than in men. However, in subjects with hTAA, aneurysm growth was similar in men and women.