Key result
Women with symptomatic acute aortic dissection experienced more frequent inpatient complications and higher in-hospital mortality in type A dissection compared to men (P<0.01).
Cohort (n=400)
p-value: p=<0.01
Women with symptomatic acute aortic dissection present with different clinical features, higher age of onset, and suffer higher in-hospital mortality and complications compared to men.
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May prompt closer monitoring of women with type A dissection; hypothesis-generating for sex-specific strategies.
Maitusong et al. (2016) conducted a cohort in symptomatic acute aortic dissection (AAD) (n=400). Female sex vs. Male sex was evaluated on In-hospital mortality (type A dissection) (p=<0.01). Women with symptomatic acute aortic dissection experienced more frequent inpatient complications and higher in-hospital mortality in type A dissection compared to men (P<0.01).
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