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Increasing evidence suggests that gut dysbiosis, impaired intestinal barrier integrity, and microbiota-derived metabolites may contribute to aortic wall injury. We synthesized current evidence linking the gut microbiome to aortic diseases and explored potential translational implications. PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were searched for microbiome-related studies on AAA, TAA, AD, and TAK published up to December 2025. Human observational and interventional studies were integrated with relevant experimental research. The strongest evidence was identified for AAA, where multiple cohorts report gut dysbiosis and reduced microbial diversity. Translational studies have detected bacterial DNA and microbial products in blood, aneurysm wall, or intraluminal thrombus, consistent with barrier-related microbial signaling and vascular inflammation, although these low-biomass findings do not establish microbial viability or causality. Microbiota-derived mediators\u2014including trimethylamine-N-oxide, lipopolysaccharides, short-chain fatty acids, and bile acid derivatives\u2014interact with pathways involved in cytokine signaling, oxidative stress, innate immune activation, and extracellular matrix degradation. Evidence for TAA and AD remains limited and suggests mainly modifier effects, whereas early studies in TAK indicate disease-associated microbiome and metabolite alterations. Mendelian randomization analyses have explored genetically proxied microbiome\u2013AAA associations; however, results are heterogeneous, and causal inference remains provisional. 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