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Comparative Study
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Early and Late Outcomes of Surgical Repair for Stanford A Acute Aortic Dissection in Octogenarians.
BACKGROUND: Because increased age is a strong independent predictor of mortality and morbidity, surgery for octogenarians with Stanford type A aortic dissection (AAD) may be avoided.Methods and Results:From 2005 to 2015, 158 patients underwent surgical repair for AAD via a median sternotomy. We compared 24 (15.2%) octogenarians (83±3 years) with 134 (84.8%) patients aged ≤79 years (62±13 years), based on retrospectively collected clinical data. Octogenarians were predominantly female (79.2% vs. 44.8%, P=0.0033). Ascending aortic replacement was more frequently performed in the octogenarians (95.8% vs. 65.7%, P=0.0015) and total arch replacement in the younger patients (4.2% vs. 26.9%, P=0.0165). There were 14 hospital deaths among the younger patients, none among the octogenarians (0% vs. 10.4%, P=0.1303), and major morbidity rates were comparable. There were 3 late deaths among the octogenarians and 9 deaths among the younger patients. The respective 1-, 3-, and 5-year survival rates were 94.4%, 81.5%, and 81.5% in the octogenarians and 86.9%, 85.6%, and 83.9% in the younger patients, with no significant differences.
CONCLUSIONS: Surgical repair for AAD in octogenarians showed favorable results when compared with a younger patient cohort, with low hospital mortality rate and excellent late outcomes. Therefore, this technique should not be disregarded just because the patient is an octogenarian. (Circ J 2016; 80: 2468-2472).
CONCLUSIONS: Surgical repair for AAD in octogenarians showed favorable results when compared with a younger patient cohort, with low hospital mortality rate and excellent late outcomes. Therefore, this technique should not be disregarded just because the patient is an octogenarian. (Circ J 2016; 80: 2468-2472).
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