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Figure 2. Preoperative considerations by organ system for assessment and diagnostic evaluation before TAAA or DTA repair. CT: Computed tomography; DTA: descending thoracic aneurysm; NOAC: non-vitamin K oral anticoagulant (dabigatran, rivaroxaban, apixaban, edoxaban); TAAA: thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm. *As appropriate. Reprinted from the ref.^[1], with permission from Elsevier.