TY - JOUR T1 - Aortic events in patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms may be underestimated JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 151 LP - 151 DO - 10.1136/ebmed-2016-110412 VL - 21 IS - 4 AU - Benjamin Oliver Patterson AU - Jack Brownrigg Y1 - 2016/08/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/21/4/151.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Kim JB, Kim K, Lindsay ME, et al. Risk of rupture or dissection in descending thoracic aortic aneurysm. Circulation 2015;132:1620–9.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full TextThoracic aortic aneurysm is a potentially lethal disease that develops indolently and asymptomatically over many years. There is presumably an ever increasing chance of rupture and death as time passes, but this risk has not been defined by any truly robust studies.1 A pragmatic threshold for repair of 55 mm has been proposed by consensus guidelines, with the caveat that patients with adverse morphology or poor physiological reserve may be repaired at a larger size to ensure maximum benefit.2 ,3 The present study sought to more reliably define rupture risk based on individual patient … ER -