Fig. 3
From: Consumption coagulopathy in acute aortic dissection: principles of management
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Mean ± SD of the perioperative soluble CD40L concentration in patients with AAD and patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms. The data for the first postoperative day were unavailable for two patients. T1 = anesthesia induction; T2 = lowest nasopharyngeal temperature; T3 = protamine reversal; T4 = four hours after surgery; and T5 = the first postoperative day. Analysis of Student’s t-test was p < 0.05 for each comparison (**p < 0.01 and *p < 0.05)