About inflammatory activation during aortic dissection

We have read with great interest the article entitled “Effect of inflammation on the biomechanical strength of involved aorta in type-A aortic dissection and ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm: An initial research” which was published in Anatol J Cardiol 2018; 20: 85-92 (1). In this study, the authors aimed to explore the degree of systemic and local vessel inflammation in aortic dissection (AD), to detect their influence on vessel tensile properties, and to compare them with those in aortic aneurysm (AA). They hypothesized that a correlation exist between inflammation and decrease in vessel strength in AD.