Aortopathy
Framing
- Aortopathy spans acute, life-threatening aortic pathology (aortic dissection) and chronic, progressive dilatation (thoracic aortic aneurysm) - both driven by degeneration of the aortic wall media, with hypertension and connective tissue disease as shared major risk factors
- Aneurysm and dissection sit on a mechanistic continuum: an aneurysmal aorta carries elevated dissection and rupture risk, making surveillance imaging and blood pressure control central to preventing progression from one to the other
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