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Background: Multiple imaging modalities are currently available to confirm diagnosis of acute aortic dissection. Each modality has certain advantages and disadvantages with respect to accuracy, speed, convenience, risk and cost. Recently, studies have argued that TEE and MRI should emerge as the most expeditious (TEE) and accurate (MRI) tools for this purpose.Methods and Results: One hundred and...
Recent advances in management, especially imaging modalities and surgical techniques, have altered the care of acute aortic dissection (AoD). To assess presentation, management and outcomes of AoD in the modern era, 175 patients (pts) with AoD, (mean age 62 years, 67% male, 61% type A), were enrolled at 10 centers in 1996. By history, 83% pts had abrupt onset of pain, more often sharp than tearing...