This gem of a book on aortic dissection brings together as authors all the superstars in the field and is edited by two of them Germano Melissano and Roberto Chiesa. The volume contains the most thorough and uptodate information on this disease entity and its treatment. It also includes two chapters which provide perspectives of patients suffering from this serious disease which is so often unrecognized and poorly treated. Accordingly this text is a must have for all specialists and generalist