Increased incidence of thoracic aortic disease, but improved postoperative survival
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Knowledge regarding the prevalence of thoracic aortic diseases (TAD) comes almost entirely from small studies, many of which predate the advent of modern diagnostic procedures such as CT and echocardiography. In a nationwide population-based study in Sweden that encompassed 14,000 cases of thoracic aortic aneurysm or dissection from 1987 to 2002, Olsson et al. found that the incidence of TAD was higher than previously reported.
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