Figure 1.

Number of patients that presented with an acute aortic syndrome to the participating centers and were included in the study, according to the DeBakey anatomical classification: DeBakey I (affecting the ascending aorta, arch and descending aorta, n = 71), DeBakey II (affecting only the ascending aorta, n = 7) and DeBekay III (confined to the descending aorta, n = 10).

Reprinted with permission from Servier Medical Art.