dissection
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At 43 years old, I recently had emergency open-heart surgery for an ascending aortic dissection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
‘Downfall: The Case Against Boeing,’ Rory Kennedy’s look at the aviation giant’s troubled recent history, is a dissection of corporate greed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
An aortic dissection is a tear in the main artery that carries blood to the heart.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
He estimates that 10% of people with an aortic dissection die within an hour, though other physicians say the percentage of patients who die at home could be as high as 40%.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
And actually, finishing the dissection wasn’t too bad.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
Surgeons say that aortic dissections are sometimes identified by accident when a patient undergoes a CT scan or X-ray for routine reasons or other conditions.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Aortic dissections are sudden, often lethal and notoriously difficult to predict even in patients under close medical supervision.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
Things were different in Great Britain and her colonies, where dissections left people squeamish.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 5, 2026
Settle in for some amusing dissections of popular docuseries like “Making a Murderer” and “The Jinx,” as well as the simultaneously moralizing and exploitative “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025
Tyson carried out many other famous dissections, including a rattlesnake and an ostrich.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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