PMID: 9546850Apr 18, 1998Paper

Predictors of hospital mortality in type A aortic dissections: a retrospective analysis of 148 consecutive surgical patients

Cardiovascular Surgery : Official Journal of the International Society for Cardiovascular Surgery
D GoossensF Vermeulen

Abstract

Reports in the literature frequently concern miscellaneous types of dissections. This makes correct interpretation of data difficult. In order to assess the determinants of hospital mortality, the results of 148 consecutive patients over a 23-year period, all operated on for a type A dissection, were reviewed. Mean(s.d.) age was 56(13.1) years, 64% were male. An acute dissection (surgery within 14 days after onset of symptoms) was performed in 139 patients. Stigmata of the Marfan syndrome were present in 6.1% (n = 9). Peripheral vascular ischaemic complications were observed in 27.7%. Nowadays, diagnosis is primarily confirmed using transoesophageal echocardiography (75 correct diagnoses among 76 performed). Operation consisted of repair or replacement of the ascending aorta. Resuspension of the aortic valve was performed in 74 patients, and arch replacement in 25. In 74 patients, distal repair was done under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest. Hospital mortality rate was 23.6% (35 patients), though mortality rate calculated over the period 1990-1993 was 17.4% (P = n.s.). Univariate analysis revealed the following variables to be statistically significant predictors of hospital mortality (P < 0.05): preoperative ischaemic comp...Continue Reading

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