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Figure Legends
Figure 1 . This is the author’s sketch illustrating the 10 mm Dacron graft (colored red) with
cardiopulmonary bypass inflow at A , side to side anastomosis of graft to CFA at (B) and
tunneled across (C) to the right CFA (D). The graft was sawn closed at B following
separation at bypass.
Figure 2 . CTA with 3 D reconstruction illustrating the extra-anatomical grafts, ascending aortic
graft and dissection flap at 3.5 years.