Marek Ehrlich

TL;DR: The International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) was established in 1996 with the mission to raise awareness of this condition and provide insights to guide diagnosis and treatment as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The first International Summit on Thoracic Aortic Endografting was held in Tokyo on March 2–3, 2001 to provide a forum for experts in the field to exchange information on techniques and results with thoracic aortic endograft repairs.

TL;DR: Endovascular treatment for thoracic aortic disease with the Talent stent graft is associated with low early morbidity and mortality rates also for patients who are at high risk and treated on an emergency basis, and follow-up data indicate a substantial durability of the procedure with a high freedom from related death and secondary interventions.

TL;DR: This IRAD classification system can provide clinicians with a more robust method of characterizing survival after aortic dissection over time than previous methods and will be useful for treating patients, counseling patients and families, and studying new diagnostic and treatment methods.

TL;DR: Preliminary results demonstrate that endovascular stent graft replacement might be a promising, cheaper, and safe alternative method in selected patients with descending thoracic aneurysms.