We summarise advances in the epidemiology, presentation, pathogenesis, diagnosis, and
management of acute aortic dissection. Improved understanding of this problem has been …

… of aortic dissection. Although open surgery is the main treatment for proximal aortic repair,
use of endovascular management is now established for complicated distal dissection and …

Although substantial progress has been made in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of
acute aortic dissection, it remains a complex cardiovascular event, with a high immediate …

… Acute aortic dissection is a rare but deadly disease first … , the International Registry of
Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) has … registry of patients presenting with acute aortic dissection. …

… Ascending aortic dissection is most common in the 50- to 60-year age range, whereas …
dissections occur more commonly in older individuals. Because acute aortic dissection is much …

… Much has been written about the challenges of diagnosing and treating acute aortic
dissection (AAD) and the lethal consequences of failing to do so (1). The often cited historical …

… Acute aortic dissection is a rare but life-threatening condition with a lethality rate of 1 … acute
aortic dissection include severe chest pain, hypotension or syncope and, hence, mimic acute …

… permitted identification of 96% of the acute aortic dissections and stratification into high-, …
to improve patient care in aortic dissection. ACUTE AORTIC dissection is the most frequently …

… depends on the involvement or not of the ascending aorta. In a large series of autopsies
of acute aortic dissections, more than 40% of the patients with proximal dissection died …

… An aortic dissection is arbitrarily designated acute during the first 14 days; thereafter it is
classified as chronic. The present article focuses on acute aortic dissection Stanford type A (…