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Flow diagram of outcome of 100 consecutive patients with acute descending aortic dissection. [A single patient may have more than one complication.) (Reproduced with permission from Elefteriades JA, Lovoulos CJ, Coady MA, Tellides G, Kopf GS, Rizzo JA. Management of descending aortic dissection. Ann Thorac Surg 1999;67:2002-5. (3)].
