Dissecting Aneurysm of the Aorta

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Abstract
Dissecting aneurysms have been known for centuries, but they were little more than curiosities until Shennan1 created interest in the subject with his masterful review in 1934. In 1942 Sailer2 collected 500 cases from the literature, only 33 of which had been diagnosed during life. Numerous reports since that time have shown that the condition is seen once in about 380 autopsies3 4 5 and that an ante-mortem diagnosis is possible in more than half the cases.6 , 7 Despite great interest in the subject in various medical centers many practitioners are not familiar with this condition, probably because most of the literature on . . .

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