Table 1.

Summary of Included Studies

Study	Study Period	Region	Design	Sample Size	Male, %	Age, y	Stanford	Assay Method
Kimura, 201517	1990–2003	Japan	Prospective cohort	534	52	63	A	CT
Akutsu, 200418	1981–2000	Japan	Retrospective cohort	138	65	64	B	CT
Marui, 200719	1988–2004	Japan	Retrospective cohort	141	97	68	B	CT
Tsai, 200720	1996–2003	Multi centers	IRAD registry	201	69	61	B	CT/MRI/TEE
Bernard, 200121	1984–1996	France	Retrospective cohort	109	74	61	A/B	CT/MRI/TEE
Larsen, 201322	1996–2011	Multi centers	IRAD registry	522	75	58	A	CT/MRI/TEE
Song, 201026	1997–2007	Korea	Prospective cohort	118	55	60	A	CT
Song, 201127	1997–2007	Korea	Retrospective cohort	136	56	60	A	CT
Miyahara, 201128	2000–2009	Japan	Prospective cohort	160	63	66	B	CT
Tanaka, 201429	2002–2011	Japan	Prospective cohort	103	67	67	B	CT
Ueki, 201430	2003–2012	Japan	Prospective cohort	228	67	70	B	CT

CT indicates computer tomography; IRAD, International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; TEE, transesophageal echocardiography.