Part front matter for Section 46 Diseases of the aorta

The normal aorta

Raimund Erbel

Aortic aneurysm: thoracic aortic aneurysm—diagnostic approach

Oliver Gaemperli and Udo Sechtem

Aortic aneurysm: thoracic aortic aneurysm—therapeutic options

Axel Haverich and Andreas Martens

Aortic aneurysm: aortic arch aneurysm

Roberto Bartolomeo, Alessandro Leone, Luca Di Marco, and Davide Pacini

Aortic aneurysm: abdominal aortic aneurysm—diagnostic approach

Regula S. von Allmen

Aortic aneurysm: abdominal aortic aneurysm—therapeutic options

Regula S. von Allmen

Aortic sclerosis: clinical signs and diagnosis

Yuvrajsinh J. Parmar and Itzhak Kronzon

Aortic sclerosis: therapy

Raimund Erbel

Acute aortic syndrome: diagnostic strategy and clinical features

Riccardo Gorla, Eduardo Bossone, and Raimund Erbel

Acute aortic syndrome: emerging role of biomarkers

Toru Suzuki, Riccardo Gorla, and ssEduardo Bossone

Acute aortic syndrome: aortic dissection—ascending aortic dissection

Christoph T. Starck, Robert Hammerschmidt, and Volkmar Falk

Acute aortic syndrome: aortic dissection—descending aortic dissection

Rachel E. Clough, Xun Yuan, and Christoph A. Nienaber

Acute aortic syndrome: intramural haematoma

Jae-Kwan Song

Penetrating aortic ulcer

Arturo Evangelista and José Rodríguez-Palomares

Acute aortic syndrome: traumatic aortic injury

Johnny Steuer and Mario Lachat

Acute aortic syndrome: iatrogenic aortic trauma

Iván J. Núñez Gil and Gisela I. Feltes Guzmán

Genetic diseases of the aorta: chromosomal and inherited diseases

Dorien Schepers and Bart Loeys

Genetic diseases of the aorta: aortic diseases related to Marfan syndrome and other genetic abnormalities

Bernard Iung

Genetic diseases of the aorta: aortic diseases associated with bicuspid aortic valves

Heleen van der Zwaan, Folkert Meijboom and Gertjan Sieswerda

Aortitis: infectious and non-infectious diseases

Rosangela Cocchia, Riccardo Gorla, and Eduardo Bossone

Aortic tumour

Francesca Urgnani and Vincent Riambau

Long-term follow-up in patients with aortic diseases

Udo Sechtem and Oliver Gaemperli

Aortic centres

Raimund Erbel