Abstract
Purpose
Open repair of descending thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) continues to carry a not insignificant operative risk, even in experienced hands. Over the past three decades, there has been considerable improvement in both the mortality and morbidity associated with these procedures. Herein, we describe our operative results and long-term outcomes in patients with chronic type B aortic dissections.
Methods
Review of the aortic surgical database was conducted to identify all consecutive patients who underwent repair of TAAA for chronic type B dissection from May 1997 to March 2018. The primary end point was operative mortality with secondary end points as the composite of major adverse events as well as each of the individual complications.
Results
One hundred and fifty-three patients met inclusion criteria with 54.9% (84/153) having surgery on an elective basis. The mean age was 58.9 years with a majority of male gender—107/153 (69.9%). Eighty-three (54.2%) of the TAAA were extent I, while 36 (23.5%) were extent II and 34 (22.3%) extent III-IV. Operative mortality was 8.5% (13/153) with eight of the deaths in patients who presented with extent II TAAA. On Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, 87.5% (95% confidence interval (CI) 77.9–97.1%) of the elective cohort were alive after 5 years while only 69.9% (CI 55.2–84.6%) of those in need of urgent/emergency intervention survived (p = .039).
Conclusions
In a majority of patients with chronic type B dissections, reproducibly, excellent outcomes can be achieved with relatively low risk of mortality. In the higher risk subsets of patients with extent II TAAA, careful consideration and discussion of expected outcomes will help inform the decision-making process.
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Dr. Leonard, Dr. Lau, Dr. Iannacone, Dr. Gaudino, Ms. Munjal and Dr. Girardi declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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Leonard, J.R., Lau, C., Iannacone, E.M. et al. Surgery for chronic type B dissection with aneurysmal degeneration. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 35 (Suppl 2), 169–173 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-018-0691-6
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