{"title":"Aortic dissection","authors":"J. Chambers","doi":"10.1093/med/9780199568741.003.0103","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Aortic dissection is the separation of an endothelial flap from the underlying media. The natural history and management depend on the classification of dissection as either Type A, which involves the ascending thoracic aorta, or Type B, which involves only the descending thoracic aorta.","PeriodicalId":78010,"journal":{"name":"American family physician/GP","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"American family physician/GP","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199568741.003.0103","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Aortic dissection is the separation of an endothelial flap from the underlying media. The natural history and management depend on the classification of dissection as either Type A, which involves the ascending thoracic aorta, or Type B, which involves only the descending thoracic aorta.