A Team of Genetic Aortic and Related Disorders Experts

If you’ve inherited a disease that affects your connective tissue, you might experience issues with your heart, blood vessels, skin, bones or other organs.

Our USC Genetic Aortic and Related Disorders Center experts work together to help you receive the medical and surgical care you need to stay healthy and live at your best. We offer comprehensive care by a team of experts specializing in aortic disease, cardiology, and medical genetics. We perform innovative, noninvasive treatments and specialized surgeries for aortic repair and transplants.

We treat many connective tissue disorders, including:

• Bicuspid aortic valve
• Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
• Familial thoracic aortic aneurysm/dissection
• Loeys-Dietz syndrome
• Marfan syndrome
• Osteogenesis imperfecta
• Turner syndrome

We offer genetic counseling, education and personalized care plans.