TY - JOUR AU - Pepper, John PY - 2016 TI - Differential aspects of the disease and treatment of Thoracic Acute Aortic Dissection (TAAD)—the European experience JF - Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery; Vol 5, No 4 (July 01, 2016): Type A Aortic Dissection (II) Y2 - 2016 KW - N2 - 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). UR - https://www.annalscts.com/article/view/11148