Recommendations of the Task Force on Aortic Dissection, European Society of Cardiology†

Abstract

Page Preamble 1642 Introduction 1643 Aortic wall disease 1643 Inherited disease 1643 Aortic disease in infancy and childhood 1645 Ageing of the aorta 1645 Aetiology of aortic aneurysm and dissection ......1647 Aortic dissection staging 1648 class 1 — classical aortic dissection 1649 class 2 — intramural haemorrhage/haematoma...1649 class 3 — subtle/discrete aortic dissection 1650 class 4 — plaque rupture/ulceration 1650 class 5 — traumatic/iatrogenic aortic dissection ..1651 Clinical management 1651 Clinical features 1651 Initial diagnostic steps in the emergency room ...1652 Initial therapeutic decisions 1653 Diagnostic requirements 1654 Evolving — acute aortic dissection 1654 Additional information 1657 Imaging modalities 1658 Transthoracic/transoesophageal echocardiography (TTE/TEE) 1659 Computed tomography 1660