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Medical Treatment in Chronic Aortic Dissection

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Pharmacotherapy in Aortic Disease

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Abstract

Acute aortic syndrome (AAS) is a life-threatening disease which includes classic acute aortic dissection, intramural haematoma and penetrating atherosclerotic aortic ulcer (trauma of the aorta may also be considered) sharing common physiopathological mechanisms (disruption of media), clinical characteristics and therapeutic challenges [1, 2].

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Bossone, E., Ferrara, F., Citro, R. (2015). Medical Treatment in Chronic Aortic Dissection. In: Evangelista, A., Nienaber, C. (eds) Pharmacotherapy in Aortic Disease. Current Cardiovascular Therapy, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09555-4_6

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