1. The impact of preoperative identification of the Adamkiewicz artery on descending and thoracoabdominal aortic repair 
Hiroshi Tanaka, MD, PhD, Hitoshi Ogino, MD, PhD, Kenji Minatoya, MD, PhD, Yoshiro Matsui, MD, PhD, Tetsuya Higami, MD, PhD, Hitoshi Okabayashi, MD, PhD, Yoshikatsu Saiki, MD, PhD, Shigeyuki Aomi, MD, PhD, Norihiko Shiiya, MD, PhD, Yoshiki Sawa, MD, PhD, Yutaka Okita, MD, PhD, Taijiro Sueda, MD, PhD, Hidetoshi Akashi, MD, PhD, Yukio Kuniyoshi, MD, PhD, Takahiro Katsumata, MD, PhD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 151, Issue 1, Pages (January 2016)
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2. Figure 1 Distribution of the location of the identified AKA.
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3. Figure 2
Subgroups of patients undergoing OR. Second row: identified AKA or not. Third row: operation involving the identified AKA or not. Bottom row: intraoperatively reconstructed or preserved patent AKA, closed patent AKA, or occluded AKA. SCI, Spinal cord injury; AKA, Adamkiewicz artery.
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4. The Adamkiewicz artery, which arises from the intercostal artery in the aneurysm, is depicted.
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