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. 2014 May;3(3):278-84.
doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2225-319X.2014.05.14.

Incidence, risk factors, outcome and projected future burden of acute aortic dissection

Dominic P J Howard  1 , Ediri Sideso  1 , Ashok Handa  1 , Peter M Rothwell  1
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Incidence, risk factors, outcome and projected future burden of acute aortic dissection

Dominic P J Howard et al. Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 May.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Age- and sex-specific rates per hundred thousand population for incident acute aortic dissections [2002-2012].
Figure 2
Figure 2
Mortality of acute aortic dissections with numbers at risk tabled below. Top, 30-day; Middle, 5-year; Bottom, 5-year in those surviving to hospital discharge.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Projected number of incident dissection events occurring in the UK population in 2010, 2030 and 2050 stratified by age.
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