title: Invited commentary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, 330 Cedar St, FMB 121, New Haven, CT 06510. Electronic address: arnar.geirsson@yale.edu.
authors.forename: Arnar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geirsson
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010477:Perfusion / Q000379:methods*
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