Patients with TAA Protected from Atherosclerotic Disease!

I saw this too. They controlled for common risk factors of atherosclerosis "... including BMI, age, gender, family history, smoking, dyslipidemia, race, diabetes, and hypertension", which I think practically may mean that it does not protect you from getting atherosclerosis at all (but that you may have less risk than you would otherwise?)

I have very high CAC and an aneurysm, so I wouldn't want anyone to think they can forget about ever getting atherosclerosis. (O/W, pass the pizza!! I miss it!)