Acceleration‐induced acute type A aortic dissection in the sky: 10‐year follow‐up

Acute aortic dissection is uncommon, but can turn into a fatal disease if not managed quickly. A 49-year-old male fighter pilot presented to us after sudden excruciating chest pain during a flight at the moment of an acute spiral down action. A contrast-enhanced computed tomography angiography showed Stanford type A aortic dissection that required surgical ascending aorta and hemiarch replacement with uneventful postoperative recovery and...