Population
40 unselected consecutive patients aged 75 years and older undergoing emergency operation for acute type A…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 44 ± 38 months (median 41.8 months)
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High mortality after emergency repair for acute type A dissection in patients ≥75 years warrants cautious selection; leaves open validation of tamponade as predictor.
Emergency surgical repair of acute type A aortic dissection in patients aged 75 years and older carries a 30% in-hospital mortality rate, suggesting that intervention may be justified in this elderly cohort despite the high risk.
Santini et al. (2006) studied this question.
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