This book comprehensively covers aortic dissection and acute aortic syndromes. Topics covered include the pathology, genetics, diagnosis, medical treatment and surgical management of uncomplicated and complicated aortic dissection, including endovascular stenting. In addition, imaging and follow-up procedures after initial surgical treatment are reviewed along with acute and chronic type A and type B dissection. Potential complications that can be encountered at various treatment stages and management strategies are also detailed.  
Aortic Dissection and Acute Aortic Syndromes comprehensively reviews aortic dissection in an easy to read, illustration-rich book. It is therefore an essential resource for both trainee and experienced cardiologist, cardiac surgeon and any other medical professionals involved in the management of these patients.  

Frank Sellke is the Karlson& Karlson Professor and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of the Cardiovascular Institute at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Lifespan Hospitals. He has previously served as the Johnson& Johnson Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, having been a successful clinician, educator and researcher in the cardiovascular field. My research focuses on microcirculation of the heart, brain and other organs as it relates to vasomotor regulation, permeability and collateral development. Dr Sellke is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and the Circulation Journal, Guest Editor for Circulation, and serve as a member of several other editorial boards. He is  Editor in Chief of the last 3 editions of Sabiston and Spencers' Textbook "Surgery of the Chest" and the Editor of the 1st and 2nd editions of  Atlas ofCardiac Surgery. Dr Sellke is the Past Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Cardiothoracic Surgery of the American College of Surgeons, Past Chairman of the AHA Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, and Chairman of the DSMB of the National Institutes of Health sponsored Cardiac Surgery Network. He is the immediate past-Chairman of the Committee of Scientific Sessions Program of the American Heart Association and serves as a full time member of the Bioengineering, Technology and Surgical Science Study Section of the National Institutes of Health. He has authors several chapters on acute aortic dissection and is an active practitioner in this clinical area. 

Overview and History of Aortic Dissection and other Acute Aortic Syndromes.- Aortic anatomy and the pathophysiology of acute aortic syndromes.- Histopathology of Acute Aortic Syndromes.- Genetically-Triggered Aortic Dissections.- Presentation of Acute Aortic Syndromes.- Classification Systems of Acute Aortic Syndromes .- Medical conditions predisposing to aortic dissection and preventive strategies.- What do the Guidelines say for the Treatment of Acute Aortic Syndromes?.- Initial Medical Management of Acute Aortic Syndromes.- Imaging of Aortic Dissection: CT, MRI, and Angiography.- Imaging of Intramural Hematoma and Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer by CT and MRI.- Echocardiography for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Aortic Syndromes.- Long-term imaging of the aorta - considerations and comparison of modalities.- Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Management.- Catheter-Induced Aortic Dissection.- Aortic Intramural Hematoma.- Penetrating AtheroscleroticUlcer:  Presentation and Management.- Endovascular treatment of type A aortic dissections.- Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement for Aortic Valve Insufficiency in type A Aortic Dissection.- Basic Approaches for the Surgical Management of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection - Safe Management Strategies for the General Cardiac Surgeon.- Valve Repair for Aortic Valve Insufficiency in the Setting of Acute Aortic Dissection.- Management of the Aortic Arch in Acute Aortic Dissection Type A.- Frozen Elephant Trunk for Aortic Dissection.- One-stage Repair of Extensive Chronic Thoracic Aortic Dissection.- Management of Complicated Type A Aortic Dissection.- Management of Complicated Acute Type A Aortic Dissection.- Management of Type B Aortic Dissection.- Subacute and Chronic Type A Aortic Dissection.- Management of chronic descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal dissection and aneurysm-stent grafting, debranching.- Management of Chronic Dissection of the Descending Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aorta.- Diagnosis and Management of Ruptured Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms.- Monitoring and medical treatment of chronic thoracic, abdominal, and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.- External Aortic Support and Other Alternative Strategies in the Management of Aortic Pathology of Patients with Connective Tissue Disorders.- Management of Operative Complications after Type A aortic dissection repair.- Neuroprotection during dissection repair.- Acute Type A Aortic Dissection: When Not to Operate.- Delayed Surgery for Acute Aortic Dissection.- Anesthetic Management of Acute Aortic Dissection.- Coagulopathy and bleeding management for aortic dissection surgery.- Monitoring After Surgery for Acute Aortic Syndromes.- Medical Management of Uncomplicated Type B Acute Aortic Syndromes.- Symptomatic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms.- Future Considerations for Acute Aortic Syndromes.