Table 1.
Patient demographics and baseline characteristics
| All |
Dissection |
Aneurysm |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 146 | n = 55 | n = 91 | ||
| Age, y | 69.1 [59.5-75.0] | 61.3 [50.9-71.5] | 71.8 [65.3-78.0] | <.001 |
| Male/female | 92/54 | 39/16 | 58/38 | ns |
| EF (%) | 56 [55-60] | 56 [55-60] | 56 [55-60] | ns |
| Emergent/urgent | 32 (21.9%) | 21 (38.1%) | 11 (12.0%) | <.001 |
| Elective | 114 (78.0%) | 34 (61.8%) | 80 (87.9%) | <.001 |
| Redo surgery | 45 (30.8%) | 34 (61.8%) | 11 (12.0%) | <.001 |
| Not first redo surgery | 20 (13.6%) | 17 (30.9%) | 3 (3.2%) | <.001 |
| Marfan syndrome | 14 (9.5%) | 8 (14.5%) | 6 (6.5%) | ns |
| Difficult aortic anatomy∗ | 9 (6.1%) | 3 (5.4%) | 6 (6.5%) | ns |
| Smoking | 66 (45.2%) | 13 (23.6%) | 53 (58.2%) | <.0001 |
| Diabetes | 9 (6.1%) | 1 (1.8%) | 8 (8.7%) | ns |
| Coronary disease | 16 (10.9%) | 2 (3.6%) | 14 (15.3%) | .018 |
| Hypertension | 104 (71.2%) | 38 (69.0%) | 66 (72.5%) | ns |
| Dyslipidemia | 52 (35.6%) | 17 (30.9%) | 35 (38.4%) | ns |
| Peripheral arterial disease | 34 (23.2%) | 8 (14.5%) | 26 (28.5%) | .02 |
| Previous vascular surgery | 18 (12.3%) | 4 (7.2%) | 14 (15.3%) | ns |
| Dialysis | 3 (2.0%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (3.2%) | ns |
| Preoperative stroke | 10 (6.8%) | 6 (10.9%) | 4 (4.3%) | ns |
| COPD | 38 (26.0%) | 5 (9.0%) | 33 (6.2%) | <.0001 |
| Pulmonary hypertension | 8 (5.4%) | 1 (1.8%) | 7 (7.6%) | ns |
| EuroSCORE I | 10 [7-11] | 10 [7-11] | 10 [7.5-11.5] | ns |
Values are n (%) or median [interquartile range]. ns, Not significant; EF, ejection fraction; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
∗
Kommerell diverticulum, right aortic arch.