Table 1:

Descriptive characteristics of the cohort

	Overall (n =39)
Demographics
Age in years, median (IQR)	63	(55–70)
Female, n (%)	8	(20.5)
Chronic health conditions and risk factors
Hypertension, n (%)	36	(92.3)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, n (%)	1	(2.6)
Diabetes mellitus, n (%)	3	(7.7)
Serum creatinine >200 mmol/l, n (%)	2	(5.1)
Coronary artery disease, n (%)	14	(35.9)
Extracardiac arteriopathy, n (%)	3	(7.7)
Pulmonary hypertension, n (%)	1	(2.6)
Permanent neurological deficit, n (%)	3	(7.7)
Logistic EuroSCORE, median (IQR)	18.4	(11.6–26)
Additive EuroSCORE, median (IQR)	10	(8–11)
Redo surgery, n (%)	23	(59)
Previous surgical approach
Ascending aortic replacement, n (%)	13	(56.5)
Root replacement, n (%)	3	(13)
AVR/ascending, n (%)	2	(8.7)
Coarctational repair, n (%)	2	(8.7)
Rerouting/TEVAR, n (%)	2	(8.7)
Descending aortic replacement, n (%)	1	(4.4)

Unless otherwise indicated, data are numbers (%).

Classification of chronic health conditions and risk factors according to EuroSCORE criteria.

IQR: interquartile range; AVR: aortic valve replacement; TEVAR: thoracic aortic endovascular repair.