*Corresponding author:
Jayesh V Trivedi, Head of department and professor of medicine, Gujarat adani institute of medical science, Bhuj, Gujarat, IndiaReceived: August 23, 2017; Published: September 08, 2017
DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2017.01.000339
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Aortic dissection occurs in 3 in 100,000 people per year. Tear in the inner side of aorta causes blood to flow between layers of aorta causing seperation of media layer into inner two third and outer one third. Dissection can be antegrade or retrograde.