title: Diabetes mellitus and thoracic aortic disease: are people with diabetes mellitus protected from acute aortic dissection?
authors.affiliation: Heart Center Rostock, Department of Internal Medicine I, Divisions of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital Rostock Germany.
authors.forename: Christoph A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Nienaber
keywords: aortic aneurysm, thoracic; clinical coding; diabetes mellitus; editorials; statistics