Table 1.

Patient Demographics, Medical History, Dissection Type, and Management in Patients Who Completed the Survey

Characteristic	Overall (N = 82)
Patient age at presentation, y	59.5 ± 13.7
Patient age at completion of survey, y	67.8 ± 13.7
Male sex	25 (30.5)
Caucasian ethnicity (vs other)	51 (62.2)
Medical history
Marfan syndrome	6 (7.3)
HTN	49 (59.8)
Dissection type
Type A	45 (54.9)
Male sex	34 (75.6)
Caucasian ethnicity (vs other)	34 (79.1)
Type B	36 (43.9)
Male sex	22 (61.1)
Caucasian ethnicity (vs other)	30 (83.3)
Dissection management
Surgery	43 (52.4)
Type A	39 (86.0)
Type B	4 (9.0)
Endovascular repair	9 (11.0)
Type B	9 (100)
Medical management	25 (30.5)
Type A	2 (8.0)
Type B	23 (92.0)
Hybrid	3 (1.4)
Type A	3 (100)

Abbreviations: HTN, hypertension; SD, standard deviation.

Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%).