Acute type B aortic dissection

Aortic dissection is infrequent in everyday practice; however, it can result in life-threatening complications and causes more deaths each year in the UK than road traffic collisions. It is one of the family of acute aortic syndromes, which includes penetrating aortic ulcer (PAU) and intramural haematoma (IMH). Type A aortic dissections involve the ascending aorta and arch and almost invariably require prompt surgical treatment due to exceptionally high early 48-hour mortality without surgery. Many type B aortic dissections (TBAD) are not complicated at presentation and can be treated conservatively in high dependency and discharged without intervention.

Source: Surgery (Medicine Publishing) - April 16, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Raminta Cerneviciute, Colin D. Bicknell Tags: Vascular surgery – I Source Type: research