The 2010 AHA/ACC/AATS Guidelines on the Management of Thoracic Aortic Disease: What they say and why

The AHA/ACC/AATS Guidelines on the Management of Thoracic Aortic Disease were published in 2010 as a consensus statement designed to assist health care providers with clinical decision making when caring for patients with potentially lethal thoracic aortic diseases. This document discusses the guidelines and related works as they pertain to patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms.