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To the Editor: Data from Gott et al. (April 29 issue)¹ show no correlation between the aortic-root diameter and the probability of aortic dissection in patients with Marfan's syndrome. Comparison of the data for the group of patients with an aortic-root diameter of 6.1 to 7.0 cm, approximately 20 percent of whom had dissections, with the data for the group of patients with an aortic-root diameter of 4.1 to 5.0 cm, of whom approximately 30 percent had dissections, shows an absolute decrease in risk that approaches statistical significance. A previous study estimated that there was a ninefold increase in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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