Table 2.
Comparison of our study cohort with other published case series of aortic dissections and cocaine use.
| Characteristics | Daniel et al.[19] (2007) | Dean et al.[6] (2014) | Hsue et al.[20] (2002) | Singh et al.[21] (2007) |
Yammine et al.[22] (2019) | Our study |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | 16 | 63 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 45 |
| Age (years) | 47±6.8 | 47±11 | 41±8,8 | 38±9 | 52.6±7.4 | 41±8,6 |
| Gender (male) | 12 (75%) | 55 (87%) | 8 (57%) | 9 (69%) | 10 (71.4%) | 40 (88.9%) |
| History of nicotine abuse | 16 (100%) | 39 (61%) | 14 (100%) | 13 (100%) | 11 (78.6%) | 21/25 (84%) |
| History of hypertension | 11 (69%) | 52 (82%) | 11 (79%) | 9 (69%) | 14 (100%) | 29/39 (74.4%) |
| Time from cocaine use to symptoms (mean) | 12,8 h (4-24 h) | NR | 12 h (0-24 h) | 0-48 h | NR | 11 h (0-72 h) |
| Chest pain | NR | 51 (81%) | NR | NR | NR | 23/37 (62.2%) |
| Stanford type A | 44% | 33 (52.4%) | 6 (43%) | 4 (31%) | 0 (0%) | 33/44 (75%) |
| Stanford type B | 57% | 30 (47.6%) | 8 (57%) | 9 (69%) | 14 (100%) | 11/44 (25%) |
| Surgical treatment | 50% | 31 (49%) | 9 (64%) | - | 14 (100%)* | 31/39 (79.5%) |
| Mortality | 31% (after 1 year) |
8% (in-hospital) |
- | 69% (after 1 year) |
7% (30-day mortality) |
9/42 (21.4%) (in-hospital) |
NR=not reported
*
Endovascular treatment.