Open AccessFrench Women From Multiplex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Families Should Be Screened
Author(s) -
Fabien Koskas,
Philippe Cluzel,
Z. Tazi,
Corina Gallos,
Jean Charles Piette,
Elisabeth Tournier Lasserve,
Édouard Kieffer,
Patrice Cacoub
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/01.sla.0000186168.56571.91
Subject(s) - medicine , proband , abdominal aortic aneurysm , aneurysm , pedigree chart , abdominal aorta , aorta , surgery , mutation , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Multiplex abdominal aortic aneurysm families (MAAAFs) (> or =1 subject plus the proband) represent 1% to 34% of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), but the percentage in France is unknown.