AORTA  HANDLING OF AORTIC AND PERIPHERAL ARTERIAL PATHOLOGIES 

The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2017 April;58(2):238-51

DOI: 10.23736/S0021-9509.17.09883-4

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lingua: Inglese

Overview of the current knowledge on etiology, natural history and treatment of aortic dissection

Swapnil PARVE ¹, Bulat A. ZIGANSHIN ^{1, 2}, John A. ELEFTERIADES ¹ ✉

¹ Aortic Institute, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; ² Department of Surgical Diseases no. 2, Kazan State Medical University, Kazan, Russia

In this manuscript, we review the etiology, classification, clinical manifestation, behavior, management and outcomes of aortic dissection. We emphasize the importance of genetics in the development of aortic dissection, discuss the role of size in clinical decision-making, and review the mechanism of aortic dissection development as well as the maturation of the dissected aorta.

KEY WORDS: Thoracic aortic aneurysm - Clinical decision-making - Early diagnosis