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Annual risk of complications based on thoracic aortic aneurysm size. With permission from Chau et al. [28]
| Annual risk (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aortic size | Rupture | Dissection | Death | Rupture/dissection/death |
| > 3.5 cm | 0.0 | 2.2 | 5.9 | 7.2 |
| > 4.0 cm | 0.3 | 1.5 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| > 5.0 cm | 1.7 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 6.5 |
| > 6.0 cm | 3.6 | 3.7 | 10.8 | 14.1 |
