title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu, 431-3192 Japan. tkazui@cvc-ohno.or.jp
authors.forename: Teruhisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kazui
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D015996:Survival Rate; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality