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 *Cardiac surgery - rare, well-known complication.<ref name=pmid22345184>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Leontyev | first1 = S. | last2 = Borger | first2 = MA. | last3 = Legare | first3 = JF. | last4 = Merk | first4 = D. | last5 = Hahn | first5 = J. | last6 = Seeburger | first6 = J. | last7 = Lehmann | first7 = S. | last8 = Mohr | first8 = FW. | title = Iatrogenic type A aortic dissection during cardiac procedures: early and late outcome in 48 patients. | journal = Eur J Cardiothorac Surg | volume = 41 | issue = 3 | pages = 641-6 | month = Mar | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1093/ejcts/ezr070 | PMID = 22345184 }}</ref>
+**In one large registry, approximately 15% of acute dissections are associated with prior cardiac surgery.<ref name=pmid24030404>{{cite journal |author=Teman NR, Peterson MD, Russo MJ, ''et al.'' |title=Outcomes of patients presenting with acute type A aortic dissection in the setting of prior cardiac surgery: an analysis from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection |journal=Circulation |volume=128 |issue=11 Suppl 1 |pages=S180–5 |year=2013 |month=September |pmid=24030404 |doi=10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.112.000342 |url=}}</ref>
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 *Diabetes uncommon in AoD.<ref name=pmid21173794/>
+Clinically two groups:
+#Hypertension + atherosclerosis, typically 40-60 years old.
+#Connective tissue disorders - "young".
 ====Associations====