Maximilian Luehr, Murat Yildiz, Wei-Guo Ma, Roland Heck, Andreas Polycarpou, Arminder Jassar, Maximilian Kreibich, Daniel-Sebastian Dohle, Gabriel Weiss, Christian Hagl, Filip Rega, Thomas Schachner, Andreas Martens, Alessandro Della Corte, Hiroaki Osada, Li-Zhong Sun, Konstantinos Tsagakis, Florian Schoenhoff
BACKGROUND: The prevalence and etiology of acute aortic dissection type A in patients ≤30 years is unknown. The aims of this clinical study were to determine the prevalence and potential etiology of acute aortic dissection type A in surgically treated patients ≤30 years and to evaluate the respective postoperative outcomes in this selective group of patients in a large multi-centre study. METHODS: Retrospective data collection was performed at the 16 participating international aortic institutions...
March 23, 2023: European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery