Gene expression signature in peripheral blood detects thoracic aortic aneurysm.

<h4>Background</h4>Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is usually asymptomatic and associated with high mortality. Adverse clinical outcome of TAA is preventable by elective surgical repair; however, identifying at-risk individuals is difficult. We hypothesized that gene expression patterns i...

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Main Authors: Yulei Wang, Catalin C Barbacioru, Dov Shiffman, Sriram Balasubramanian, Olga Iakoubova, Maryann Tranquilli, Gonzalo Albornoz, Julie Blake, Necip N Mehmet, Dewi Ngadimo, Karen Poulter, Frances Chan, Raymond R Samaha, John A Elefteriades
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001050