Determining the incidence of virtually any disease is crucial. All societies must
proportionately allocate appropriate resources and plan accordingly for specific …

Type A acute aortic dissection (TAAAD) is conventionally treated with surgery; however,
some patients are poor surgical candidates and medical management (MM) is occasionally …

Objective The purpose of this study was to compare operative strategies and patient
outcomes in acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) repairs before and after the …

Background Aortic dissection is among the most common immediately lethal diseases of the
aorta, yet its epidemiology and outcomes are poorly understood. Methods The mandatory …

Background: Acute aortic dissection (AAD) has a high mortality despite advances in medical
and surgical therapy. However, it is unknown how the treatment and outcomes have …

Practice guidelines offer a valuable foundation of information regarding management
strategies for a variety of medical illnesses based on the strength of current scientific …

Surgical treatment of patients with acute type A aortic dissections has improved early
survival from 10–20 to approximately 80%. Data supporting several other treatment …

Background The classification of aortic dissection into acute (< 14 days from symptom onset)
versus chronic (≥ 14 days) is based on survival estimates of patients treated decades …

The study by Lawton and colleagues 1 in this issue of the Journal,''The Impact of Surgical
Strategy on Survival Following Repair of Type A Aortic Dissection,''retrospectively compared …

We read with interest the timely and excellent paper by Batchelor et al 1 on the role of
multidisciplinary teams in cardiovascular medicine. We believe there is a significant …