Table 3. Clinical presentation.
Variable | Marfan syndrome | No Marfan syndrome | P value |
---|---|---|---|
Hours from onset of symptoms to diagnosis, median (IQR) | 4.1 (2.3–9.1) | 5.0 (3.0–12.0) | 0.014 |
Hours from onset of symptoms to intervention for type A dissections, median (IQR) | 8.2 (5.5–28.1) | 9.5 (6.0–20.5) | 0.117 |
Shock | 19 (8.3%) | 352 (6.5%) | 0.293 |
Coma | 13 (5.3%) | 475 (7.9%) | 0.132 |
Congestive heart failure | 19 (8.2%) | 306 (5.4%) | 0.074 |
Aortic insufficiency grade 3 or 4 | 30 (14.6%) | 336 (7.0%) | <0.001 |
Cardiac tamponade | 15 (6.3%) | 467 (8.2%) | 0.309 |
Myocardial complications* | 17 (7.8%) | 389 (7.2%) | 0.719 |
Cerebrovascular accident | 3 (1.3%) | 210 (3.8%) | 0.051 |
Spinal cord ischemia | 4 (1.6%) | 124 (2.1%) | 0.633 |
Visceral ischemia | 12 (5.1%) | 294 (5.1%) | 0.968 |
Acute renal failure | 13 (5.5%) | 629 (11.0%) | 0.007 |
Limb ischemia | 16 (6.5%) | 753 (12.5%) | 0.005 |
*, myocardial complications include: acute myocardial infarction, myocardial ischemia, preoperative low output syndrome. IQR, interquartile range.