Effects of Gender on Outcomes and Survival Following Repair of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection |
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| Authors: | Brian D. Conway Sotiris C. Stamou Nicholas T. Kouchoukos Kevin W. Lobdell Robert C. Hagberg |
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| Affiliation: | 1.Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa;2.Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Missouri Baptist Medical Center, Saint Louis, Missouri;3.Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, North Carolina;4.Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut |
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| Abstract: | Previous studies have demonstrated gender-related differences in early and late outcomes following type A dissection diagnosis. However, it is widely unknown whether gender affects early clinical outcomes and survival after repair of type A aortic dissection. The goal of this study was to compare the early and late clinical outcomes in women versus men after repair of acute type A aortic dissections.Between January 2000 and October 2010 a total of 251 patients from four academic medical centers underwent repair of acute type A aortic dissection. Of those, 79 were women and 172 were men with median ages of 67 (range, 20–87 years) and 58 years (range, 19–83 years), respectively (p < 0.001). Major morbidity, operative mortality, and 10-year actuarial survival were compared between the groups.Operative mortality was not significantly influenced by gender (19% for women vs. 17% for men, p = 0.695). There were similar rates of hemodynamic instability (12% for women vs. 13% men, p = 0.783) between the two groups. Actuarial 10-year survival rates were 58% for women versus 73% for men (p = 0.284).Gender does not significantly impact early clinical outcomes and actuarial survival following repair of acute type A aortic dissection. |
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| Keywords: | aortic dissection repair dissection cardiac surgery |
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