Risk Factors
- CAD
- Hypertension
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hyperhomocysteinemia
- Elevated C-reactive protein
- Tobacco use
- Peripheral vascular disease
- Marfan syndrome
- Ehlers-Danlos type IV
- bicuspid aortic valve
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