Table 4.
Key characteristics of the included reports on aortic dissections.
| Study Id | Study Report | Location | Gender | Age (in Years) | Covid-19 Severity | Affected Artery | Time from Initial Presentation | Outcome | Presenting Symptoms | Management | Comorbidities | Inflammatory Mark | Cardiac Enzymes | Imaging | Ctd Work Up | Np rt pcr | Duration of Hospital Stay (Days) | Treatment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhaliwal et al. [35] | Case report | NM | F | 76 | Mild | Type II aortic dissection | NM | discharge | Dyspnea, Chest pain |
surgical | HT, hyperlipidemia, COPD | NM | NM | NM | NM | + | 5 | Surgical |
| Engin M et al. [34] | Case report | NM | M | 62 | Mild | Type A aortic dissection | 30 | discharge | Chest pain | surgical | Chr atrial fibrillation, DM, lower extremity deep venous insufficiency | lactate dehydrogenase: 417 U/L, white blood cells: 11.26 103/µL; neutrophils: 10.04 103/µL; lymphocytes: 0.61 103/µ | NM | CTA | NM | + | 16 | Surgical |
| Fukuhara et al. [13] | Case series | NM | Male | 66 | NM | Type A aortic dissection | 21 | discharge | cough | Surgical repair | NM | NM | NM | NM | NM | + | 18 | Surgical |
| NM | Female | 40 | moderate | Type A aortic dissection | 42 | discharge | Fever, cough | Surgical repair | NM | NM | NM | NM | NM | + | 19 | Surgical | ||
| NM | male | 53 | severe | Type A aortic dissection | 1 | death | nil | Surgical repair | NM | NM | NM | NM | NM | + | 11 | surgical | ||
| Jariwala et al. [33] | Case report | India | male | 45 | moderate | Type B aortic dis | 3 | death | Fever, cough, dyspnea |
Surgical repair | nil | NM | NM | CTA | NM | + | 7 | surgical |
| Akgul et al. [10] | Case report | Turkey | female | 68 | mild | Type A | Day 1 | Discharged pod 14 | Chest pain, dyspnea |
Surgical repair | HT, DM |
CRP, ESR high |
NM | CTA | NM | NM | 14 | Surgical |
| Mori et al. [12] | Case series | USA | male | 54 | mild | Intra mural haematoma-aortic root + asc aorta | Day1 | discharged | Chest pain | Surgical repair | nil | - | NM | CTA | NM | + | 6 | Surgical |
| Fukuhara et al. [13] | Case report | USA | male | 56 | severe | Type A | Day 2 | death | Chest pain, abdominal pain |
Surgical repair | nil | - | NM | CTA | NM | + | 11 | Surgical |
| Martens et al. [14] | Case report | Belgium | male | 64 | Mild | Type A | Day 3 | discharged | Chest pain, cough, right leg ischaemia | Surgical repair | HT | CRP = 271 mg/dl, Ferritin = 610 ng/ml, lymphopenia |
NM | CTA, TTE | NM | + | 14 | Surgical |
| Tabaghi et al. [15] | Case report | Iran | Female | 47 | severe | Asc aorta+aortic root | Day 1 | death | Chest pain, diarrhea,cough |
nil | nil | - | NM | TTE | NM | + | 8 | |
| Farkash et al. [16] | Brief report | USA | Male | 53 | severe | Type A | Day 1 | death | - | Surgical repair | NIL | Lymphocytes-18000/µl | NM | CTA | NM | + | 12 | Surgical |
| He et al. [17] | Case Series | China | Male | 62 | mild | Type A | Day 1 | - | Chest pain | Surgical repair | NIL | NM | NM | CTA | NM | + | NM | Surgical |
| China | Female | 59 | mild | Type A | Day 1 | - | Fever, chest pain |
Surgical repair | hypertension | NM | NM | CTA | NM | + | NM | Surgical | ||
| Taccherinet al. [18] | Letter to editor | Italy | Male | 50 | Severe | De bakey 2 | 7 days early | death | Fever, syncope |
Surgical | NM | high | NM | CTA | NM | + | 10 | Surgical |
| Rossi et al. [19] | Case report | Italy | female | 64 | moderate | TypeB | Day 1 | discharge | Syncope,dyspnea,chest pain | surgical | - | NM | NM | CTA | NM | + | 14 | |
| Halasz G et al. [20] | Case series | Italy | male | 57 | mild | Type B | 12 | discharged | Chest pain, dyspnea | Heparin | nm | D-Dimer = 2383 ng/ml | NM | NM | NM | + | NM | NM |
| Lopez -Marco et al. [38] | Case series | UK | Male | 55 | Severe | Type A | NM | Discharged-unfavourable | Nm | Surgical | HT, IHD, smoking |
NM | NM | NM | NM | + | 45 | Surgical |
| UK | Male | 54 | Mild | Type A | NM | Discharged | NM | Surgical | HT | NM | NM | NM | NM | + | 15 | Surgical | ||
| UK | Male | 67 | Mild | Type A | NM | Discharged | NM | Surgical | HT | NM | NM | NM | NM | + | 9 | Surgical | ||
| UK | Male | 58 | Severe | Type A | NM | Died | Nm | Surgical | HT | NM | NM | NM | NM | + | 4 | Surgical |
Note: NM - Not mentioned; HT - Hypertension; COPD - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; IHD - Ischemic heart disease; CRP - C-reactive protein; ESR - Erythrocyte sedimentation rate.