The Misnomer of Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection
Mohamad Bashir MD PhD MRCS1,2, Matti Jubouri3, Sven ZCP Tan4, Damian M. Bailey PhD FRSC FPVRI FACSM FTPS5, Bashi Velayudhan MBBS MS MCh2, Idhrees Mohammed MS MCh FAIS2, Randolph H.L. Wong MBChB MRCS FRCSEd(CTh) FCSHK FHKAM6, Martin Czerny MD MBA7, Edward Chen MD8, Leonard N. Girardi MD9, Joseph S. Coselli MD10,11,12, Ian Williams MD FRCS13
  1. Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Velindre University NHS Trust, Health Education & Improvement Wales (HEIW), Cardiff, UK
  2. Institute of Cardiac and Aortic Disorders (ICAD), SRM Institutes for Medical Science (SIMS Hospital), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
  3. Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, UK
  4. Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
  5. Neurovascular Research Laboratory, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK
  6. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
  7. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
  8. Division of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, DUMC 3442, Durham, NC 27710, USA
  9. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065, USA
  10. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
  11. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, USA
  12. CHI St Luke’s-Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston, Texas, USA
  13. Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
Corresponding Author:
Mohamad Bashir MD PhD MRCS
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery
Velindre University NHS Trust
Health Education & Improvement Wales (HEIW)
Nantgarw, CF15 7QQ
UK
Email: drmobashir@outlook.com
COI: None
Funding: Damian Bailey is funded by a Royal Society Wolfson Research Fellowship (#WM170007) and separate grants from the Royal Society (IES/R2/192137) and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS/OF317). Otherwise no funding received.
Declaration: No ethical approval, International Review Board approval, or consent required for this review.