misdiagnosis

Tick, Tick...Boom! film offers opportunity to raise awareness of aortic dissection and genetic aortic disorders

On November 19, 2021 Netflix released the highly anticipated movie Tick, Tick...BOOM, a dynamic biography about the life of Jonathan Larson.

Larson, the brilliant composer of the Broadway hit RENT, died at age 35, from a misdiagnosed aortic dissection believed to be caused by his undiagnosed Marfan Syndrome.