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Scatter plot depicting the length of the ascending aorta in patients with acute type A dissection (red) and healthy controls (gray). In the majority of dissection patients, the aorta was evidently lengthened (mean difference of 2.0 cm when compared with propensity-matched healthy controls). Adapted by permission from BMJ Publishing Group Limited, from Heuts et al, Aortic elongation part II: the risk of acute type A aortic dissection, Heart 2018;104:1778–1782
