title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Vienna 1090, Austria. martin.czerny@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czerny
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grimm
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D011379:Prognosis; D013997:Time Factors