Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: We reviewed 401 consecutive patients (age, 59.2 ± 14 years) with acute type A aortic dissection who underwent aggressive resection of the intimal tear and aortic replacement (March 1995 through July 2011). Arterial perfusion was antegrade in 78% (n = 311), either by means of the right axillary artery (n = 297) or through direct aortic cannulation (n = 15). Retrograde perfusion through the femoral artery was used in 22% (n = 90). RESULTS: Of the 401 patients with acute type A aortic dissection, 16% (n = 64) presented in critical condition and 10% (n = 39) entered the operating room under cardiopulmonary resuscitation. In 14% (n = 54) the dissection did not extend beyond the ascending aorta (DeBakey II); 82% of dissections did involve at least the aortic arch (n = 326, DeBakey I+III). Mean age was not significantly different between patients undergoing antegrade (59.4 ± 14 years) versus retrograde (59.2 ± 13 years; p = 0.489) perfusion. Operative mortality was 20% and did not differ significantly between the groups (p = 0.766); postoperative stroke occurred also with a similar prevalence (antegrade, 15% versus retrograde, 18%; p = 0.623). Patients undergoing antegrade perfusion had a better long-term survival. Survival at 10 years after discharge was 71% versus 51% (p = 0.025) in favor of antegrade perfusion. Retrograde perfusion was identified to be an independent risk factor for late mortality in multivariate analysis (hazard ratio = 2; p = 0.009). CONCLUSIONS: Survival during the initial perioperative period was equivalent comparing antegrade and retrograde perfusion. Antegrade perfusion to the true lumen, however, appears to be associated with superior long-term survival after hospital discharge.
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Authors | Christian D Etz, Konstantin von Aspern, Jaqueline da Rocha E Silva, Felix F Girrbach, Sergey Leontyev, Maximilian Luehr, Martin Misfeld, Michael A Borger, Friedrich W Mohr |
Journal | The Annals of thoracic surgery
(Ann Thorac Surg)
Vol. 97
Issue 1
Pg. 78-85
(Jan 2014)
ISSN: 1552-6259 [Electronic] Netherlands |
PMID | 24070704
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2014 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. |
Topics |
- Acute Disease
- Adult
- Aged
- Aortic Dissection
(diagnostic imaging, mortality, surgery)
- Angiography
(methods)
- Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
(diagnostic imaging, mortality, surgery)
- Axillary Artery
- Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
(methods, mortality)
- Cardiopulmonary Bypass
(methods)
- Catheterization
(methods)
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Femoral Artery
- Follow-Up Studies
- Hospital Mortality
(trends)
- Humans
- Kaplan-Meier Estimate
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Perfusion
(methods)
- Postoperative Complications
(mortality, physiopathology)
- Proportional Hazards Models
- Retrospective Studies
- Risk Assessment
- Statistics, Nonparametric
- Survival Analysis
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed
(methods)
- Treatment Outcome
- Vascular Surgical Procedures
(methods)
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