Table 3.
Cumulative Cause of Mortality.
| Causes of death | Overall n = 83 |
In-hospital n = 25 |
Short term n = 20 |
Midterm n = 32 |
Long term n = 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rupture | 5.2 (10) | 2.6 (5) | 0.5 (1) | 1.5 (3) | 0.5 (1) |
| Bleeding due to ABF/AEF | 4.6 (9) | 2.6 (5) | 0.5 (1) | 1.5 (3) | |
| Multiorgan failure | 4.6 (9) | 2.6 (5) | 1.0 (2) | 0.5 (1) | 0.5 (1) |
| Cardiac events a | 3.1 (6) | 1.5 (3) | 1.5 (3) | ||
| Malignancy | 4.6 (9) | 1.5 (3) | 3.1 (6) | ||
| Acute respiratory failure | 3.1 (6) | 0.5 (1) | 1.5 (3) | 0.5 (1) | 0.5 (1) |
| Stroke | 2.6 (5) | 2.1 (4) | 0.5 (1) | ||
| Sepsis | 2.1 (4) | 1.0 (2) | 1.0 (2) | ||
| Trauma | 1.5 (3) | 1.0 (2) | 0.5 (1) | ||
| Mesenteric ischemia/ileus | 1.0 (2) | 1.0 (2) | |||
| Other b | 1.0 (2) | 1.0 (2) | |||
| Non-aortic-related bleeding | 1.0 (2) | 1.0 (2) | |||
| Unclear | 8.2 (16) | 1.5 (3) | 5.2 (10) | 1.5 (3) |
Data are presented as percentage and absolute numbers (n = 194). ABF, aortobronchial fistula. AEF, aortoesophageal fistula.
a
Myocardial infarction, hemodynamic relevant cardiac rhythm abnormalities, cardiac failure.
b
Lung artery emboly, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.