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. 2022 Nov 14;11(22):6729. doi: 10.3390/jcm11226729

Table 2.

Characteristics and operative data of patients with iatrogenic acute TAAD according to the main causes of aortic dissection.

Characteristics Cardiac Surgery
No. 39
PCI
No. 38
Coronary Angiography
No. 38
TAVR
No. 11
Peripheral Endovascular Procedure
No. 1
p-Value
Delay from symptoms to surgery, h 6.3 (16.0) 13.7 (19.3) 17.8 (29.2) 3.4 (1.8) 36.0 (0) <0.0001
Age, y 72.0 (6.3) 63.9 (9.3) 67.9 (10.1) 77.9 (8.0) 69.6 (0) <0.0001
Females 15 (38.5) 19 (50.0) 5 (35.7) 7 (63.6) 1 (100 0.369
Bicuspid aortic valve 1 (2.6) 0 (0) 1 (7.1) 2 (18.2) 0 (0) 0.085
Diabetes 5 (12.8) 3 (7.9) 1 (7.1) 1 (9.1) 0 (0) 0.940
Stroke 2 (5.1) 4 (10.5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.529
Pulmonary disease 8 (20.5) 3 (7.9) 0 (0) 3 (27.3) 0 (0) 0.150
Extracardiac arteriopathy 10 (25.6) 5 (13.2) 2 (14.3) 1 (9.1) 0 (0) 0.535
Prior cardiac surgery 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (7.1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.170
Cardiac massage 2 (5.1) 4 (10.5) 1 (7.1) 1 (9.1) 0 (0) 0.924
Cardiogenic shock on inotropes 5 (12.8) 7 (18.4) 2 (14.3) 3 (27.3) 0 (0) 0.798
Cerebral malperfusion 2 (5.1) 4 (10.5) 3 (21.4) 1 (100) 0 (0) 0.009
Spinal malperfusion 1 (2.6) 1 (2.6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.953
Renal malperfusion 3 (7.7) 3 (7.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.708
Mesenteric malperfusion 2 (5.1) 1 (2.6) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.832
Peripheral malperfusion 5 (12.8) 2 (5.1) 1 (7.1) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.602
DeBakey type I dissection 23 (59.0) 29 (76.3) 11 (78.6) 6 (54.5) 1 (100) 0.649
Salvage procedure 2 (5.1) 3 (7.9) 1 (7.1) 1 (9.1) 0 (0) 0.982
Aortic arch replacement 1 (2.6) 2 (5.3) 1 (7.1) 0 (0) 0 (0) <0.0001
Aortic root replacement 5 (12.8) 3 (7.9) 4 (28.6) 3 (27.3) 0 (0) 0.262
CABG 17 (43.6) 24 (63.2) 5 (35.7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0.004

Values are number (percentages) or mean (standard deviation). CABG = coronary artery bypass grafting; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; TAAD = type A aortic dissection; TAVR = transcatheter aortic valve replacement.