Why the study?
Does Marfan syndrome affect mortality and clinical presentation in patients with acute aortic dissection compared to those without Marfan syndrome?
Population
6,424 consecutive patients with acute aortic dissection, including 258 individuals with a diagnosis of…
Comparison
Marfan syndrome diagnosis vs Patients without Marfan syndrome
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 years
Authors
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Marfan patients warrant close long-term surveillance after dissection; leaves open whether syndrome-specific protocols reduce reinterventions.
Does Marfan syndrome affect mortality and clinical presentation in patients with acute aortic dissection compared to those without Marfan syndrome?
Marfan syndrome patients with acute aortic dissection present at a younger age and have similar type A but lower type B in-hospital mortality compared to non-Marfan patients, though they face a high 5-year reintervention rate of 55.3%.
Beaufort et al. (2017) studied this question.
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