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The Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American Association for Thoracic Surgery Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Type B Aortic Dissection

Friday, January 28, 2022

Submitted by

Christopher Anderson

Source

Source Name: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(21)01974-3/fulltext

Author(s)

Thomas E. MacGillivray MD, Thomas G. Gleason MD, Himanshu J. Patel MD, Gabriel S. Aldea MD, Joseph E. Bavaria MD, Thomas M. Beaver MD, Edward P. Chen MD, Martin Czerny MD, Anthony L. Estrera MD, Scott Firestone MS, Michael P. Fischbein MD, G. Chad Hughes MD, Dawn S. Hui MD, Kalie Kissoon, Jennifer S. Lawton MD, Davide Pacini MD, T. Brett Reece MD, Eric E. Roselli MD, John Stulak MD

Because of the rapidly evolving technology and techniques to manage patients affected with type B aortic dissection (TBAD), The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) gathered a panel of expert aortic surgeons to methodically review the current data to provide recommendations on the management of patients with TBAD.