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Figure 3. Open repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs) in patients with chronic aortic dissection. Distal aortic dilatation in survivors of DeBakey type I aortic dissection repair (A) may trigger subsequent downstream aortic repair (B). Likewise, patients undergoing medical management of DeBakey type III aortic dissection (C) may eventually need open TAAA repair (D). The figure is used with the permission of Baylor College of Medicine.