Acute Aortic Syndrome
The term Acute Aortic Syndrome (AAS) is used to describe three closely related emergency entities of the thoracic aorta: classic Aortic Dissection (AD), Intramural Hematoma (IMH) and Penetrating Atherosclerotic Ulcer (PAU).
Clinically these conditions are indistinguishable.
CT is the most accurate imaging modality for the initial diagnosis,...