Predictors for long-term survival in patients with acute type A aortic dissection

  • Jens Brickwedel
  • Marcel Coutandin
  • Hans Pinnschmidt
  • Alexander Bernhardt
  • Hermann Reichenspurner
  • Christian Detter

Abstract

This study shows that the compromising factors for impaired long-term survival are malperfusion, iatrogenic dissection, unconsciousness and hemodynamic instability, whereas connective tissue disease did not affect long-term survival. Also diabetes mellitus seems to be connected with a poor long-term prognosis after ATAAD.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
ISSN0171-6425
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013