Table 2.
Descending thoracic aortic diseases details of patients
| Characteristics | Overall series | After matching | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open repair N = 45 |
TEVAR N = 91 |
p-value | Open repair N = 35 |
TEVAR N = 35 |
p-value | |
| Acute | 15 (33.3) | 20 (22.0) | 0.154 | 13 (37.1) | 7 (20.0) | 0.112 |
| Rupture | 19 (42.2) | 21 (23.1) | 0.021 | 16 (45.7) | 9 (25.7) | 0.081 |
| Preoperative diagnosis | ||||||
| Dissection | 10 (22.2) | 27 (29.7) | 0.358 | 8 (22.9) | 10 (28.6) | 0.584 |
| PAU | 2 (4.4) | 1 (1.1) | 0.211 | 2 (5.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0.151 |
| Pseudoaneurysm | 33 (73.3) | 63 (69.2) | 0.621 | 25 (71.4) | 25 (71.4) | 1.000 |
| Arch involvement | 12 (26.7) | 14 (15.4) | 0.115 | 9 (25.7) | 4 (11.4) | 0.124 |
| Maximal aortic size (mm) | 54.9 ± 4.7 | 51.5 ± 4.5 | 0.471 | 52.8 ± 4.8 | 51.8 ± 3.7 | 0.985 |
| Aortic tear site | ||||||
| Arch | 5 (11.1) | 4 (4.4) | 0.138 | 4 (11.4) | 1 (2.9) | 0.164 |
| Isthmus | 8 (17.8) | 34 (37.4) | 0.020 | 6 (17.1) | 12 (34.3) | 0.101 |
| Descending | 32 (71.1) | 53 (58.2) | 0.145 | 25 (71.4) | 22 (62.9) | 0.445 |
| Malperfusion | 5 (11.1) | 3 (3.3) | 0.068 | 3 (8.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0.077 |
| CSF drainage | 14 (31.1) | 17 (18.7) | 0.104 | 8 (22.9) | 7 (20.0) | 0.771 |
| Emergency | 17 (37.8) | 28 (30.8) | 0.414 | 16 (45.7) | 9 (25.7) | 0.081 |
Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number of patients (%)
TEVAR thoracic endovascular aortic repair, PAU penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer, CSF cerebrospinal fluid