Facts, fallacies and the future
Matti Jubouri1, Mohamad Bashir MD PhD MRCS2, Sven ZCP Tan3, Damian Bailey FRSC FPVRI FACSM FTPS4, Richard Anderson BSc MBBS MD5, Christoph A. Nienaber MD PhD MRCP6, Joseph S. Coselli MD7, Ian Williams MD FRCS8
  1. Hull York Medical School, University of York, York, UK
  2. Velindre University NHS Trust, Health Education & Improvement Wales, Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Wales, UK
  3. Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK
  4. Neurovascular Research Laboratory, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales, Pontypridd, UK
  5. Department of Cardiology, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
  6. Cardiology and Aortic Centre, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
  7. Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Tex; CHI St Luke’s-Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Houston, Tex.
  8. Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
Correspondence:
Ian Williams MD FRCS
Department of Vascular Surgery
University Hospital of Wales Heath Park
Cardiff
UK
Email: Ian.Williams5@Wales.nhs.uk
Keywords: Type B Aortic Dissection, Aortic Dissection, Aneurysm, Aortic Surgery
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.
Ethical approval: No ethical approval required for this review.
Guarantor: Ian Williams (IW)
Contributorship: MJ, MB, and SZCPT involved in literature review design and writing. MB, DMB, RA, CN, JC and IW involved in manuscript revision.
Acknowledgements: None