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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.
