dissection
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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
The late GOP senator from South Carolina died suddenly on Saturday evening at the age of 71 due to an aortic dissection, a death that would have mercifully been fast.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2026
According to the Mayo Clinic, aortic dissection is not very common, and its symptoms may be mistakenly attributed to other health conditions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026
Brian Hurton had an aortic dissection - when a tear opens up in the body's main artery - on 18 November last year.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
It was this work that soon convinced Vesalius that Galen had had little or no experience of human dissection and encouraged him to prepare his own book on human anatomy.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
The actors John Ritter and Alan Thicke also died from aortic dissections.
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
Several cities built public theaters where audiences watched dissections for entertainment.
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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