Cardiovascular Health Improvement Project

The goal of this project is to establish a biobank of clinical information, DNA, plasma, and
aortic tissue samples from patients with cardiovascular disease as well as healthy controls.
The aims of the study are to collect biological specimens (blood, plasma, serum, aortic
tissue) and family history; establish a biobank, establish a comprehensive database with
information from consented patients, and provide researchers with high quality well annotated
DNA samples with demographic and clinical information.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Any patient over the age of 18 who is able/willing to give informed consent

- Patients <18 years of age with parental consent and assent (if assent is applicable
for their age)

- Diagnosis of:

- aortic pathology potentially due to a known or suspected inherited condition

- Idiopathic aortic aneurysm

- Interesting of novel vascular pathology in the aorta or main branches

- Family history of aortic or vascular disease

- Other cardiovascular disease

- Healthy controls with no apparent cardiovascular disease

Exclusion Criteria:

- Not willing or able to sign the consent