The misnomer of uncomplicated type B aortic dissection.
Mohammad BashirMatti JubouriSven Z C P TanDamian M BaileyBashi V VelayudhanA Mohammed IdhreesRandolph Hung Leung WongMartin CzernyEdward P ChenLeonard N GirardJoseph Stapleton CoselliIan WilliamsPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2022)
Uncomplicated TBAD remains a misnomer as it is frequently representative of a complex ongoing disease process requiring very close monitoring in a critical care setting. A clear diagnostic pathway may improve decision making following a diagnosis of UnCoTBAD. Choice of treatment still predominantly depends on when an equilibrium might be reached where the risks of TEVAR outweigh the natural history of the dissection in both the short- and long-term.