Aortic diseases can sometimes present as dramatic emergencies (including ruptured aneurysms, complicated dissections, and traumatic transections) that portend an immediate danger to patients’ life.

The treatment of these critical scenarios has nowadays shifted towards increasingly complex endovascular techniques, as their minimally invasiveness can offer a significant advantage to patients in terms of reduced perioperative morbidity as compared with conventional surgical repair.

Endovascular techniques used for the acute management of aortic emergencies require careful preoperative planning based on advanced cross-sectional contrast-enhanced imaging, a broad inventory of devices with adequate expertise to conduct technically demanding operations, and meticulous attention to the intraoperative and postoperative phases.

The proposed Collection “Endovascular techniques for acute management of aortic emergencies: from advanced imaging to complex repair” will encompass a selection of research works from experts in the field of endovascular aortic medicine, detailing various techniques as they apply to the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases with acute presentation. The collection is intended as a concise, yet comprehensive work that will aid surgeons in training as well as experienced practitioners in their everyday practice, providing up-to-date evidence on the topic of acute aortic conditions and endovascular treatment options.