Outcome after surgery for acute aortic dissection type A in young patients: Results from the German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection type A (GERAADA)
Outcome after surgery for acute aortic dissection type A in young patients: Results from the German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection type A (GERAADA)
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年轻患者急性 A 型主动脉夹层手术后的结果:来自德国 A 型急性主动脉夹层登记处 (GERAADA) 的结果
DOI:
10.1055/s-0031-1297445
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发表时间:
2012
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通讯作者:
E. Weigang
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作者:
B. Rylski;I. Hoffmann;F. Beyersdorf;M. Suedkamp;M. Siepe;B. Nitsch;M. Blettner;E. Weigang
Objectives: Acute aortic dissection type A (AADA) is rare in young people. With our aging society, many investigators have focussed on analysing elderly patients, thus the paucity of published data on young patients with AADA. Aim of this study was to analyse clinical characteristics, current management, and surgical outcomes in young patients with AADA.Methods: Between 7/2006 and 6/2010, 50 centres participating in the German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection Type A (GERAADA) reported a total of 2137 patients. 160 patients were under 40 years and 1977 patients were 40 years old and older. We compared the clinical features and 30-day events of both groups.Results: Compared with patients≥ 40 years, younger patients were more likely to have Marfan syndrome (23% vs. 2%, p< 0.0001), while hypertension was less likely (28% vs. 55%, p< 0.0001). On admission, 16% of younger patients had cardiac tamponade compared to 20% of older patients (p= 0.2). Aortic dissection extended to the supra-aortic vessels (41% vs. 37%, p= 0.4) more frequently in the younger patients. Younger patients were also more likely to undergo complex aortic-root surgery, ie composite graft implantation (30% vs. 19%, p< 0.001) and David operation (15% vs. 6%, p< 0.0001). Aortic valve replacement was done less frequently in the younger patients (4% vs. 8%, p= 0.09). Postoperative 30-day mortality was 17% in both groups. Both re-operation due to post-surgical bleeding and new onset of malperfusion syndrome after surgery occurred in both groups with similar frequency (19% vs. 18% and 10% vs. 11%, respectively). The incidence of new neurological disorders was lower in the younger patients (9% vs. 13%, p= 0.1), and they were more frequently discharged directly home (26% vs. 14%, p< 0.001).Conclusions: Early-term surgical outcomes in young patients with AADA are better than those previously reported. The varied aetiological spectrum of AADA, the extension of aortic dissection and more complex aortic root surgery in younger patients underscore the unique character of these patients.