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*[[Marfan's syndrome]]: Aortic root dilation with or without associated [[aortic regurgitation]] occurs in 75%-80% of [[ | *[[Marfan's syndrome]]: Aortic root dilation with or without associated [[aortic regurgitation]] occurs in 75%-80% of [[marfan's]] patients. | ||
*[[Loeys-Dietz syndrome]] | *[[Loeys-Dietz syndrome]] | ||
*[[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome]] | *[[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aarti Narayan, M.B.B.S [2]
Overview
Two of the most common causes of thoracic aorta aneurysm are marfan's syndrome and atherosclerosis. In some centers, a prior history of dissection with aneurysmal dilation is the most common cause of surgical repair.
Common Causes
- Marfan's Syndrome
- Atherosclerosis
- Previous injury to the aorta such as an aortic dissection is the most common cause of aortic aneurysm repair in some institutions
Causes Based Upon Inherited versus Sporadic versus Syndromic Basis
Sporadic Causes
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Atherosclerosis
- Bacterial infection, often following valvular endocarditis
- Behcet's disease
- Giant cell arteritis
- Previous injury to the aorta such as an aortic dissection
- Syphilis
- Takayasu's arteritis
- Traumatic - Sudden deceleration
Familial Causes
- Familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections
- Bicuspid aortic valve with post-stenotic dilation due to turbulence
Syndromic Causes
- Marfan's syndrome: Aortic root dilation with or without associated aortic regurgitation occurs in 75%-80% of marfan's patients.
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Turner's syndrome
Causes of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | Atherosclerosis, aortic dissection, bacterial endocarditis, bicuspid aortic valve, Systemic hypertension |
| Chemical / poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections, bicuspid aortic valve, Loeys-Dietz syndrome, Turner's syndrome |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | Previous surgery on the aorta |
| Infectious Disease | Syphilis |
| Musculoskeletal / Ortho | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional / Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose / Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal / Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheum / Immune / Allergy | Ankylosing spondylitis, Behcet's disease, giant cell arteritis, Takayasu's arteritis |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | Sudden deceleration |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Atherosclerosis
- Bacterial infection, often following valvular endocarditis
- Behcet's disease
- Bicuspid aortic valve with post-stenotic dilation due to turbulence
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Familial thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections
- Giant cell arteritis
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome
- Marfan's syndrome
- Previous injury to the aorta such as an aortic dissection
- Syphilis
- Takayasu's arteritis
- Traumatic - Sudden deceleration
- Turner's syndrome