title: Acute aortic syndromes: current status.
abstract: The term acute aortic syndrome comprises aortic dissection, intramural hematoma, and penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer. The most recent developments in acute aortic syndromes include (1) a change in the mindset that each entity is pathologically distinct, with a shift toward considering the acute aortic syndromes as points along a spectrum of aortic disease, (2) the optimization of aortic imaging quality and radiation dose, and (3) surgical or endovascular management. This review article focuses on how these developments pertain to thoracic radiologists.
authors: *Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland †Section of Thoracic Imaging, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA.
authors: Carole A
authors: CA
authors: Ridge
authors: Diana E
authors: DE
authors: Litmanovich
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006406:Hematoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014456:Ulcer / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*