1.Baseline Characteristics:
The baseline clinical characteristics are presented in table 1. Mean age was 61(+/-8) years old
and 3 patients were male (75%). One patient had Marfanoid habitus. All patients had a previous medical history of hypertension. Mean Euroscore-II was 22(+/-18) %. CT-Angiography was done pre-operatively then on post-operative day 1 and 30 for all patients (figure 2). Primary tear was identified in the ascending aorta in all patients. Two patients (50%) had evidence of dynamic intestinal malperfusion by compression of the true lumen. One of those patients had also evidence of coronary malperfusion and severe aortic insufficiency. Another patient had preoperative acute neurological deficit marked with aphasia and decreased consciousness.