Table 1:

Preoperative data of patients who underwent emergency repair of acute type A aortic dissection

Variables	Overall population, n = 204	Open distal, n = 109	Closed distal, n = 95	P-value
Age (years ± SD)	64 ± 13	63 ± 12	64 ± 14	0.68
Gender (male/female)	133/71	71/38	62/33	0.98
Presentation
Myocardial ischaemia	36 (18%)	22 (20%)	14 (15%)	0.31
Tamponade	36 (18%)	17 (16%)	19 (20%)	0.41
Pericardiocentesis	2 (1%)	0	2 (2%)	0.42
Haemodynamic instability	42 (21%)	24 (22%)	18 (19%)	0.59
Resuscitation	10 (5%)	6 (6%)	4 (4%)	0.92
New onset of cerebral stroke	17 (8%)	12 (11%)	5 (5%)	0.14
Mechanical ventilation	15 (7%)	10 (9%)	5 (5%)	0.29
Acute renal injury	11 (5%)	7 (6%)	4 (4%)	0.70
Limb ischaemia	11 (5%)	4 (4%)	7 (7%)	0.39
Abdominal ischaemia	2 (1%)	2 (2%)	0	0.54
Marfan syndrome	6 (3%)	4 (4%)	2 (2%)	0.80
Other connective tissue disorders	9 (5%)	4 (4%)	5 (5%)	0.82
Redo	12 (6%)	10 (9%)	2 (2%)	0.07

SD: standard deviation.