1. Acute traumatic aortic aneurysm: The Duke experience from 1970 to 1990
Francis G. Duhaylongsod, MD, Donald D. Glower, MD, Walter G. Wolfe, MD 
Journal of Vascular Surgery 
Volume 15, Issue 2, Pages (February 1992)
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2. Fig. 1
Duke University Medical Center: Acute traumatic TAA data base. (Only parameters relevant to present study shown.)
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3. Fig. 2
Mechanism of injury in patients with TAA. Duke University Medical Center (Duke) and surgical literature (Lit) from 1970–1990. MVA, Motor vehicle accident; MCA, motorcycle accident; PEDS, pedestrian versus motor vehicle; FALL, fall from a height. *Fisher's exact test. p = 0.03 for MCA values.
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4. Fig. 3
Adjunctive techniques and clamp/repair in patients with TAA (frequency of use during associated time interval).
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5. Fig. 4
Aortic cross-clamp time versus adjunctive techniques and clamp/repair in patients with TAA. Each patient represented by a circle; darkened circles represent patients developing postoperative paraplegia; mean aortic cross-clamp time indicated. No significant difference noted between groups (one-way ANOVA).
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6. Fig. 5
Hospital deaths and cause of death by time interval from injury to aortic repair in patients with TAA (n = 93) (number of deaths/number at risk).
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7. Fig. 6
Number of hospital deaths by time interval from injury to death. A bimodal distribution identifies two populations among patients with acute traumatic thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) (open circle, 1970 to 1979; closed circle 1980 to 1990).
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