Common gene variant associated with aortic dissection: Study reveals risk factor that doubles chance of developing silent killer

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Common gene variant associated with aortic dissection: Study reveals risk factor that doubles chance of developing silent killer

Richard Holbrooke, John Ritter, Lucille Ball, Jonathan Larson and Great Britain's King George II were all taken by the same silent killer: an acute aortic dissection. Now, scientists have found an association with a common genetic variant in the population that predisposes people to acute dissections and can approximately double a person's chances of having the disease.

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