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. 2021 Dec 23;12:792678. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.792678

Table 2.

The CTA imaging characteristic information of patients with ATAAD.

Characteristics AIS + (n = 86) AIS – (n = 214) P
The diameter of aAO 48.0 [44.0;52.0] 47.0 [43.0;50.8] 0.373
The true lumen diameter of aAO 12.0 [6.47;16.0] 17.0 [13.0;22.8] <0.001*
The true lumen diameter ratio of aAO 0.24 [0.15;0.32] 0.36 [0.26;0.48] <0.001*
The false lumen thrombus of aAO 23 (26.7) 68 (31.8) 0.473
Retrograde aAO dissection 11 (12.8) 31 (14.5) 0.843
Intimal flap plaque 30 (34.9) 39 (18.2) 0.003*
Entry tear in the aortic arch 41 (47.7) 123 (57.5) 0.157
CCA dissection 67 (77.9) 62 (29.0) <0.001*
Innominate artery or CCA from false lumen 12 (14.0) 7 (3.3) 0.001*
Low density of unilateral ICA 24 (27.9) 13 (6.1) <0.001*
VA dissection 1 (1.2) 3 (1.4) 0.676
VA from false lumen 5 (5.8) 5 (2.3) 0.125
VA from aortic arch 1 (1.2) 5 (2.3) 0.448
Low density of unilateral VA 8 (9.3) 6 (2.8) 0.021*
SA dissection 32 (37.2) 37 (17.3) <0.001*
SA from false lumen 3 (3.5) 2 (0.9) 0.144
VSACV 0 (0.00) 2 (0.9) 0.508

ATAAD, acute type A aortic dissection; AIS, acute ischemic stroke; aAO, ascending aorta; CCA, common carotid artery; ICA, internal carotid artery; VA, vertebral artery; SA, subclacian artery; VSACV, vagal subclavian artery congenital variation.

*

represents the statistical differences.