1. Progress in the Treatment of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury: 12-Year Single-Institution Experience 
Anthony L. Estrera, MD, David C. Gochnour, MD, Ali Azizzadeh, MD, Charles C. Miller, PhD, Sheila Coogan, MD, Kristofer Charlton- Ouw, MD, John B. Holcomb, MD, Hazim J. Safi, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 90, Issue 1, Pages (July 2010)
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2. Fig 1
Patients with suspected blunt traumatic aortic injury admitted to Memorial Hermann Hospital Between 1997 and 2009.
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Operative mortality for blunt traumatic aortic injury by year. (Mortality reduction of 5.9% / year [p < ].)
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4. Fig 3
Overall mortality for admission for blunt traumatic aortic injury by year. (Mortality reduction of 3% per year [p < 0.002]).
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