title: Advances in Imaging for the Management of Acute Aortic Syndromes: Focus on Transesophageal Echocardiography and Type-A Aortic Dissection for the Perioperative Echocardiographer.
authors.affiliation: Department of *Anesthesiology, Forbes Hospital, Allegheny Health Network, Monroeville, PA.
authors.forename: Brenda M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: MacKnight
authors.affiliation: Department of *Anesthesiology, Forbes Hospital, Allegheny Health Network, Monroeville, PA.
authors.forename: Yasdet
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Electronic address: yiandoc@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Augoustides
authors.affiliation: Department of *Anesthesiology, Forbes Hospital, Allegheny Health Network, Monroeville, PA.
authors.forename: Ricardo A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cardenas
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Prakash A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.affiliation: Divisions of Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: Kamrouz
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ghadimi
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: Jacob T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Gutsche
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, AZ.
authors.forename: Harish
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ramakrishna
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001011:Aorta / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D013577:Syndrome
keywords: American Society of Echocardiography; DeBakey classification; European Association of Echocardiography; European Society of Cardiology; International Registry of Aortic Dissection; Penn classification; Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists; Society of Thoracic Surgeons; Stanford classification; acute aortic syndrome; aortic dissection; aortic regurgitation; aortic root; branch vessel involvement; computed axial tomography; coronary dissection; cusp prolapse; endovascular repair; intramural hematoma; magnetic resonance imaging; malperfusion; penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer; pericardial tamponade; regional wall motion abnormalities; sinotubular junction; three-dimensional imaging; transesophageal echocardiography; transthoracic echocardiography; type-A dissection; type-B dissection