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January 1, 2020Journal of Korean Medical ScienceOpen Access

Incidence and Mortality Rates of Thoracic Aortic Dissection in Korea – Inferred from the Nationwide Health Insurance Claims

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Why the study?

Aortic dissection is associated with high morbidity and mortality, but nationwide data on the hospital incidence and mortality rates of thoracic aortic dissection in Korea were needed.

Population

Adult patients newly diagnosed with thoracic AD from 2005 to 2016 in Korea

Comparison

TASR vs TBSR vs TEVAR vs medical management

Design

Nationwide population-based study

Authors

JLJun Ho LeeYCYongil ChoYCYang Hyun Cho

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Overview

Informs AD burden in Korea; extends Asian epidemiology while leaving open causal and interventional research.

Structured PICO

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Population
Adult patients newly diagnosed with thoracic aortic dissection in Korea from 2005 to 2016.
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Intervention
Type A surgical repair (TASR), type B surgical repair (TBSR), thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR), or medical management (MM)
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Outcome
Hospital incidence and mortality rateshard clinical

A nationwide Korean study shows increasing incidence of thoracic aortic dissection over a decade, with unchanged overall mortality despite improvements in type A surgical repair outcomes.

Cite This Study

Lee et al. (2020) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a70fac684cc45bb7bdfdb0bhttps://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e360
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