Type A Aortic Dissection-Experience Over 5 Decades: JACC Historical Breakthroughs in Perspective.

The Stanford classification of aortic dissection was described in 1970. The classification proposed that type A aortic dissection should be surgically repaired immediately, whereas type B aortic dissection can be treated medically. Since then, diagnostic tools and management of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) have undergone substantial evolution.