aTAAD	Acute type A aortic dissection
AA	Ascending aorta
AAD	Ascending aorta diameter
BSA	Body surface area in cm2
CTA	Computer tomography angiography
DA	Descending aorta
DAD	Descending aorta diameter
Pre-AAD	Pre-dissected ascending aorta diameter
Pre-DAD	Pre-dissected descending aorta diameter
Post-wCL	Post-dissected whole circumference length
Post-tCL	Post-dissected true lumen circumference length
RADAR	Ratio between ascending and descending aorta diameter (radium2)
TAAD	Type A aortic dissection
TTE	Transthoracic echocardiogram
wCL	Whole circumference length