1. Indications for thoracoabdominal aortic surgery
Marc A. Schepens, MD, PhD, Paul A. Verrelst, MD, Willem Ranschaert, MD, Eric Graulus, MD, Daniel J. Meester, MD 
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 
Volume 140, Issue 6, Pages S121-S124 (December 2010)
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2. Figure 1
Four types of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms as described by Crawford and colleagues.1
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3. Figure 2
This drawing shows how different horizontal computed tomographic slices can be interpreted. The true maximal aortic diameter is not 107 mm but 55 mm.
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