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
Graham died over the weekend due to an "aortic dissection" caused by cardiovascular disease, according to a preliminary finding by the Washington DC medical examiner.
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
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
A contemporary of Leeuwenhoek’s, Jan Swammerdam, showed that butterflies, which had been regarded as new creatures born out of the pupa, were already present within the caterpillar: their organs could be identified by dissection.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
About 20% of aortic dissections are thought to be the result of genes.
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
The biggest gripe from VAR detractors is that forensic dissections of game footage take the action out of their high-speed context.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 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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