Fausto Biancari, Andrea Perrotti, Tatu Juvonen, Giovanni Mariscalco, Matteo Pettinari, Javier Rodriguez Lega, Dario Di Perna, Timo Mäkikallio, Francesco Onorati, Konrad Wisniewki, Till Demal, Marek Pol, Giuseppe Gatti, Igor Vendramin, Mauro Rinaldi, Eduard Quintana, Sven Peterss, Mark Field, Antonio Fiore
BACKGROUND: Surgery for Stanford type A aortic dissection (TAAD) is associated with an increased risk of late aortic reoperations due to degeneration of the dissected aorta. METHODS: The subjects of this analysis were 990 TAAD patients who survived surgery for acute TAAD and had complete data on the diameter and dissection status of all aortic segments. RESULTS: After a mean follow-up of 4.2 ± 3.6 years, 60 patients underwent 85 distal aortic reoperations...
March 7, 2024: International Journal of Cardiology