Table 5.
Sample size | Elective (> 7 days) |
Urgent (1–7 days) |
Emergent (< 24 h) |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Gott et al. NEJM 1999 (M)a | 675 | 1.5% | 2.6% | 11.7% |
Coady et al. J thorac Surg 1997 | 230 | 4.3% | 20.5% | |
Achnek et al. Ann Thorac Surg 2007 | 506 | 4.4% | 21.6% | |
Kallenback et al. Circulation 2005 | 284 | 1.3% | 9.3 ± 2.5% |
(M) = studies on patients with Marfan syndrome.