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Recurrent Spontaneous Arterial Dissections-Risk in Familial Vs Nonfamilial Disease Stroke 27:662-624, Schievink,W.,et al, 1996 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Among the 200 patients,10(5%)were identified who had a family history of spontaneous arterial dissections.In a multivariate analysis,family history was the only significant variable associated with the risk of recurrent dissection(x2=15.51lP=.0001).A recurrent arterial dissection was identified in 5(50%)of the 10 patients with familial disease compared with 11(5.8%)of the 190 patients with nonfamilial disease,with an estimated relative risk of 6.3(95%confidence interval,2.2 to 18.3,P=.0007).Among patients with spontaneous cervical artery dissections,a family history of arterial dissection is an important risk factor for the development of a recurrent arterial dissection.

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