Long-term Follow up of Patients with Acute Aortic Syndromes: Relevance of both Aortic and Non-aortic Events

Among patients with either type A or type B AAS surviving the acute phase, the risk of adverse aorta and non-aorta related events, including death, persists during follow up, so that eventually two thirds of patients will experience at least one event. Notably, all cause mortality after type B AAS exceeds that of type A AAS after three years.