Pepper John
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Cardiovascular Biological Research unit (cBRU), Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2016 Jul;5(4):360-7. doi: 10.21037/acs.2016.06.05.
The management of patients with acute aortic dissection continues to be a challenge. It is an uncommon but lethal condition which continues to be under-diagnosed and under-treated. In this review, the term acute aortic syndrome is preferred in order to embrace the closely related pathologies of intramural hematoma (IMH) and penetrating aortic ulcer (PAU).