Population
50 patients with aortic dissection seen at the Mayo Clinic between 1945 and 1961.
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
up to 1 year
Authors
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High early mortality from rupture in untreated aortic dissection supports urgent evaluation; leaves open applicability to contemporary cohorts with modern imaging.
This historical cohort demonstrates the extremely high early mortality of untreated aortic dissection, primarily due to external rupture, underscoring the critical need for urgent surgical intervention.
MCCLOY et al. (1965) studied this question.
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