Thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD) affects many patients globally and has high
mortality rates if undetected. Once thought to be solely a degenerative disease that afflicted …

Acute and chronic aortic diseases have been diagnosed and studied by physicians for
centuries. Both the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases have been steadily improving …

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 …

Poziom B Dane pochodzące z jednej randomizowanej próby klinicznej lub dużych badań
nierandomizowanych Poziom C Uzgodniona opinia ekspertów i/lub dane pochodzące z …

Background. Prior work has clarified the cumulative, lifetime risk of rupture or dissection
based on the size of thoracic aneurysms. Ability to estimate simply the yearly rate of rupture …

Background—Current knowledge of prevalence, incidence, and survival in thoracic aortic
diseases (aneurysm and dissection) is based on small studies from a dated era of treatment …

Thoracic aortic diseases, including disease of the descending thoracic aorta (DTA), are
significant causes of death in the United States. Open repair of the DTA is a physiologically …

Objective To ascertain whether acute aortic dissection (AAD) remains the most common
aortic catastrophe, as generally believed, and to detect any improvement in outcomes …

Between 43,000 and 47,000 people die annually in the United States from diseases of the
aorta and its branches and continues to increase. For the thoracic aorta, these diseases are …

Understanding the natural history of thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) is essential to patient
care and surgical decision making. In this evidence summary we discuss some of the most …