1. Is Surgery Always Mandatory for Type A Aortic Dissection?
Paolo Centofanti, MD, Roberto Flocco, MD, Fabrizio Ceresa, MD, Matteo Attisani, MD, Michele La Torre, MD, Luca Weltert, MD, Antonio Maria Calafiore, MD 
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 
Volume 82, Issue 5, Pages (November 2006)
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2. Fig 1
Prior cardiac surgery. (AVR = aortic valve replacement; CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting.)
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3. Fig 2 Clinical conditions associated with shock.
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4. Fig 3
Expected mortality versus observed mortality according to three periods of time.
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