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Acute Aortic Syndromes: Surveillance with Imaging

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Aortic Dissection and Related Syndromes

Part of the book series: Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine ((DICM,volume 260))

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Abstract

Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is an uncommon but catastrophic cardiovascular emergency, with an early mortality as high as 1% per hour if untreated1. However, with a prompt diagnosis and appropriate medical and/or surgical management, early survival can be significantly improved to 70–90%2. Even with successful “definitive” in-hospital treatment of aortic dissections, patients remain at considerable risk for late dissection, as well as for aortic aneurysm formation and rupture3,4. Thus, serial follow-up visits and imaging studies are mandatory to prevent life-threatening complications. This comprehensive chapter underlines the necessity of surveillance with imaging of patients who have experienced successful initial treatment of AD and focuses on diagnostic performance and the practical utility of each imaging modality.

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  1. Echocardiography Laboratory, C.N.R. Clinical Physiology Institute, Lecce, Italy

    Eduardo Bossone

  2. MRI Laboratory, C.N.R. Clinical Physiology Institute, Pisa, Italy

    Massimo Lombardi

  3. Department of Oncology, Transplants, and Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Virna Zampa

  4. Heart Institute, Hadassah University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    Dan Gilon

  5. Clinical Physiology Institute, Lecce, Italy

    Alessandro Distante

  6. University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

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  1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

    Kim A. Eagle MD (Albion Walter Hewlett Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief of Clinical Cardiology, Clinical Director of Cardiovascular Center) (Albion Walter Hewlett Professor of Internal Medicine, Chief of Clinical Cardiology, Clinical Director of Cardiovascular Center)

  2. Ohio State University Hospital East, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Ragavendra R. Baliga MD, MBA (Director, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine) (Director, Section of Cardiovascular Medicine, Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine)

  3. Thoracic Aortic Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Bossone, E., Lombardi, M., Zampa, V., Gilon, D., Distante, A. (2007). Acute Aortic Syndromes: Surveillance with Imaging. In: Eagle, K.A., Baliga, R.R., Isselbacher, E.M., Nienaber, C.A. (eds) Aortic Dissection and Related Syndromes. Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 260. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36001-0_11

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