Thoracic aortic aneurysm: Risk factors, associations, and causes
| Risk factors |
| Older age |
| Male sex |
| Hypertension |
| Smoking |
| Hypercholesterolemia |
| Weight-lifting |
| Cocaine use |
| Trauma |
| Cardiovascular associations |
| Atherosclerosis |
| Bicuspid aortic valve |
| Other aneurysm |
| Prior aortic dissection |
| Aortic coarctation |
| Genetic causes |
| Familial thoracic aortic aneurysm |
| Marfan syndrome |
| Loeys-Dietz syndrome |
| Ehlers-Danlos syndrome |
| Turner syndrome |
| Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease |
| Shprintzen-Goldberg (craniosynostosis) syndrome |
| Inflammatory causes |
| Takayasu arteritis |
| Giant-cell arteritis |
| Behçet arteritis |
| Ankylosing spondylitis |
| Infective causes |
| Mycotic aortitis |
| Syphilis |
| Idiopathic |