title: Invited commentary.
authors: Cardiac Surgery Department, European Hospital, via Portuense 700, 00149 Roma, Italy. depauli@tin.it
authors: Ruggero
authors: R
authors: De Paulis
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*