Building on a genetic framework: Can we personalize the timing of surgical repair for patients with heritable thoracic aortic disease?

Affiliations

• ¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.
• ² Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex; Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex. Electronic address: slemaire@bcm.edu.