%0 Journal Article %T Differential aspects of the disease and treatment of Thoracic Acute Aortic Dissection (TAAD)—the European experience %A Pepper, John %J Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery %D 2016 %B 2016 %9 %! Differential aspects of the disease and treatment of Thoracic Acute Aortic Dissection (TAAD)—the European experience %K %X 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). %U https://www.annalscts.com/article/view/11148 %V 5 %N 4 %P 360-367 %@ 2304-1021