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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 13.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Nov 2;80(24):e223–e393. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2022.08.004

TABLE 17.

Risk Factors for Aortic Rupture Among Patients With Descending TAA

High-Risk Features for Rupture
Aneurysm growth of ≥0.5 cm/y3
Symptomatic aneurysm4
Marfan, Loeys-Dietz, or vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, or HTAD (see Section 6.1.2, “Genetic Aortopathies”)2
Saccular aneurysm5
Female sex2
Infectious aneurysm6

HTAD indicates heritable thoracic aortic disease; and TAA, thoracic aortic aneurysm.