Table 1.
No | Age | Aorta | Causes of death | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At FI | At death | Before FI | After FI | Cardiovascular | Non‐cardiovascular | ||||
Dissectiona | Surgery | Dissectiona | Surgery | New pathologyb | |||||
1 | 33 | 37 | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Postoperative aortic dissectiona | |
2 | 40 | 43 | No | Yes | Type A | Yes | Yes | Postoperative aortic dissectiona | |
3 | 54 | 65 | No | No | Type B | No | Yes | Stroke probably due to aortic dissectiona | |
4 | 53 | 63 | No | No | No | No | No | Heart failure (AI+MR) | |
5 | 39 | 51 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Heart failure (AI +coronary heart disease ) | |
6 | 65 | 74 | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | End‐stage heart failure due to AI | |
7 | 53 | 60 | No | Yes | No | No | No | Multiple organ failure/brain injury after heart transplant | |
8 | 47 | 54 | No | Yes | No | No | No | Complications due to aortic dilatation? Arrhythmia? | |
9 | 45 | 58 | No | No | No | No | Yes | MI/arrhythmia/aortic pathology? | |
10 | 58 | 63 | Type B | No | No | No | No | Cardiac arrest | |
12 | 48 | 58 | Type A | Yes, twice | No | No | No | Septicemia and DIC (possible endocarditis) | |
11 | 40 | 49 | No | Yes | No | No | No | Colon cancer with metastases | |
14 | 68 | 73 | No | No | No | No | No | Colon cancer with metastases | |
13 | 61 | 72 | No | No | No | No | Yes | Septicemia | |
15 | 58 | 70 | No | No | No | No | No | Septicemia | |
16 | 60 | 65 | No | No | No | No | No | Non‐Hodgkin lymphoma |
AI: aortic insufficiency; DIC: disseminated intravascular coagulation; FI: The first investigations; MI: myocardial infarction; MR: mitral regurgitation.
Stanford type A/B.
New/progression of aortic pathology.