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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2020 Feb 20;162(5):1436–1448.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2020.01.094

Table 2.

Extent of Aortic Replacement at Time of Aortic Dissection

Total
(n=175)
Pathogenic
(n=31)
Benign/Normal
(n=144)
p-value
Type A (n=108) 108 21 87
 Root 0.002
  Root preservation 63 (58) 6 (29) 57 (65)
  Root replacement 45 (42) 15 (71) 30 (35)
 Ascending replacement 106 (98) 21 (100) 85 (98) 1.00
 Arch replacement 0.12
  None/Hemiarch 78 (72) 18 (86) 60 (69)
  Zone 1/2/3 30 (28) 3 (14) 27 (31)
 Frozen elephant trunk 5 (5) 1 (5) 4 (5) 1.00
 Institution of procedures* 0.006
  Michigan Medicine 72 (68) 9 (43) 63 (74)
  Outside hospital 34 (32) 12 (57) 22 (26)
Type B (n=67) 67 10 57
 Proximal descending replacement 3 (5) 1 (10) 2 (4) 0.39
 TEVAR 10 (15) 1 (10) 9 (16) 1.00

Data presented as median (25%, 75%) for continuous data and n (%) for categorical data.

TEVAR = thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

*:

Two patients were medically managed were not included.