Table 1.
General characteristics of type A AAD from Eastern and Western series.
| Country/Region or Registry | Sino-RAD | Taiwan | South Korea | Japan | Australia | IRAD | GERAADA | NORCAAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year of publication | 2014 [104] | 2022 [108] | 2009 [109] | 2022 [107] | 2022 [106] | 2018 [105] | 2014 [110] | 2018 [111] |
| Study time period | 2012–2013 | 2007–2020 | 1993–2008 | 2013–2018 | 2011–2019 | 1996–2016 | 2006–2010 | 2005–2014 |
| Multi-center | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Number of cases | 430 | 704 | 256 | 29,486 | 98 | 2952 | 2137 | 1131 |
| Age (SD) | 50.5 (11.2) | 56.6 (13.7) | 56 (14) | 59.8 (14.2) | 64 (14) | 61.5 (14.6) | 60.5 # | 61.6 (12.1) |
| Male (%) | 328 (76.3) | 490 (69.6) | 139 (54.3) | 14,760 (50.1) | 63 (64) | 1992 (67.5) | 1318 (61.7) | 757 (66.9) |
| Hypertension (%) | 221 (51.4) | 510 (72.4) | 134 (52.3) | 22,057 (74.8) | 73 (75) | 2089 (74.4) | 1133 (53.0) | 587 (52.0) |
Data presented as mean (standard deviation) or n (%). Sino-RAD, Registry of Aortic Dissection in China; IRAD, International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection; GERAADA, German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection Type A; NORCAAD, Nordic Consortium for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection; SD, standard deviation. # Recalculated result based on published data.