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About Aortic Dissection

Beating a Sudden Killer by Dr. John A. Elefteriades

The International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD): New Insights into an Old Disease by Hagan, PG et al.

A Torn Heart by GinaRose Avveniri

Medical Ignorance Contributes to Toll From Aortic Illness -- a Pulitzer Prize Winner, by Kevin Helliker and Thomas M. Burton

Information about Aortic Dissections from the National Marfan Foundation

About Living with an Aortic Dissection

Recommendations Regarding Lifestyle and Work in Patients with Thoracic Aortic Disease

About Surgery:

Navigating the Hospital by Sarah Baldauf.

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