Acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes in the current era

Acute type A aortic dissection in the elderly: clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes in the current era

We sought to evaluate the clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of elderly patients with acute type A aortic dissection. Few data exist on the clinical manifestations and outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection in an elderly patient cohort. We categorized 550 patients with type A aor...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2002-08, Vol.40 (4), p.685-692
Hauptverfasser: Mehta, Rajendra H., O’Gara, Patrick T., Bossone, Eduardo, Nienaber, Christoph A., Myrmel, Truls, Cooper, Jeanna V., Smith, Dean E., Armstrong, William F., Isselbacher, Eric M., Pape, Linda A., Eagle, Kim A., Gilon, Dan
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Sprache:eng
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Acute Disease
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aneurysm, Dissecting - complications
Aneurysm, Dissecting - etiology
Aneurysm, Dissecting - mortality
Aneurysm, Dissecting - therapy
Aortic Aneurysm - complications
Aortic Aneurysm - etiology
Aortic Aneurysm - mortality
Aortic Aneurysm - therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Blood and lymphatic vessels
Cardiology
Cardiology. Vascular system
Coronary vessels
Diseases of the aorta
Female
Hospital Mortality
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mortality
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
Registries
Survival Analysis
Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:We sought to evaluate the clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of elderly patients with acute type A aortic dissection. Few data exist on the clinical manifestations and outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection in an elderly patient cohort. We categorized 550 patients with type A aortic dissection enrolled in the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection into two age strata (
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/S0735-1097(02)02005-3