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Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Surg. 2013 Apr 3;58(1):10–7.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.12.071

Table I.

Patient demographics, comorbidities, dissection morphology, and previous aortic surgery history

Feature	% (n = 80)
Age (mean ± SD), years	60 ± 13
Male	88
Hypertension	95
Dyslipidemia	53
Tobacco	51
CRI(eGFR <50)	30
Coronary artery disease	19
COPD	16
Arrhythmia	11
Marfan's	9
Peripheral artery disease	9
Cerebrovascular disease	8
Dissection extent^a
Debakey IIIa	24
Debakey IIIb	76
Previous aortic operation
Infrarenal AAA repair	10
Type A repair^b	9
Asc. and arch repair	9
Elephant trunk	5

AAA, Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Asc., ascending aortic arch; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CRI, chronic renal insufficiency; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; SD, standard deviation.

Debakey extents IIIa/b.¹⁴

Stanford type A,¹⁵proximal aortic dissection.