The life-time prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms among siblings of aneurysm patients is eight-fold higher than among siblings of spouses; an analysis of 187 aneurysm families in Nova Scotia Canada

摘要

BackgroundAbdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are frequently familial. The aim of this study was to compare the prevalence of AAA among the siblings of AAA patients to that in the spouses’ siblings.