The aorta is the 'greatest artery', through which oxygenated blood is delivered from the left
ventricle to end organs with each cardiac cycle (200 million litres of blood transported in an …

Importance Acute aortic syndrome (AAS), a potentially fatal pathologic process within the
aortic wall, should be suspected in patients presenting with severe thoracic pain and …

1.1. Purpose The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) appointed the Descending
Thoracic Aorta (DTA) Writing Committee (WC) to produce the current clinical practice …

Aortic dissection is a life-threatening condition caused by a tear in the intimal layer of the
aorta or bleeding within the aortic wall, resulting in the separation (dissection) of the layers …

Acute aortic dissection is a rare but life-threatening condition with a lethality rate of 1 to 2%
per hour after onset of symptoms in untreated patients. Therefore, its prompt and proper …

The purpose of this paper is to describe all available evidence on the distinctive features of a
group of 4 life-threatening acute aortic pathologies gathered under the name of acute aortic …

Objective Transitions in the spectrum of valvular heart diseases (VHDs) in developed
countries over the 20th century have been reported from clinical case series, but large …

Objective To investigate whether oral fluoroquinolone use is associated with an increased
risk of aortic aneurysm or dissection. Design Nationwide historical cohort study using linked …

Background: Hypertension or elevated blood pressure (BP) is an important risk factor for
aortic dissection (AD); however, few prospective studies on this topic have been published …

OBJECTIVES Acute thoracic aortic dissection (ATAD) is a devastating condition associated
with a high mortality rate. Recent reports suggest that its incidence is rising. Utilizing …