title: Chronic Stanford type A aortic dissection.
abstract: : Chronic evolution of type A acute aortic dissection is not frequently observed in untreated patients because of the high mortality rate. Chronic aortic dissection is usually asymptomatic and may be incidentally discovered following an asymptomatic acute dissection. The life expectancy in these patients is prolonged by graft replacement therapy when the aortic diameter exceeds 55 mm. We report a case of a paucisymptomatic 78-year-old woman in whom chest X-ray revealed a right calcified mass.
authors.affiliation: aDepartment for the Treatment and Study of Cardiothoracic Diseases and Cardiothoracic Transplantation, Cardiac Surgery and Heart Transplantation Unit bDepartment of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services, Radiology Service, Mediterranean Institute for Transplantation and Advanced Specialized Therapies (IsMeTT), Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Raffa
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pilato
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Armaro
authors.forename: Cettina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruperto
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gentile
authors.forename: Fabrizio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Follis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D016896:Treatment Outcome