Prospective population-based studies reveal that hospital registries underestimate the incidence, case fatality, and impact of uncontrolled hypertension in acute aortic dissection.
Uncontrolled hypertension remains the most significant treatable risk factor for acute aortic dissection. Prospective population-based ascertainment showed that hospital-based registries will underestimate not only incidence and case fatality, but also the association with premorbid hypertension.
Howard et al. (Fri,) studied this question.