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Volume 341:1775 December 2, 1999 Number 23
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Isolated Non-A, Non-B Dissection of the Aortic Arch

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To the Editor: Dissection of the aorta involves a tear of the aortic intima with separation of the aortic wall and formation of two perfused channels. There are two generally accepted classifications of aortic dissection: the De Bakey classification (types I, II and III)1 and the Stanford classification (types A and B).2 Both classifications are based on the portions of the aorta involved in the dissection, but an isolated dissection of the aortic arch is not included in either classification system. We report the case of a patient with isolated dissection of the aortic arch, a rare clinical entity, which . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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