Kei Aizawa1, Koji Kawahito2, Yoshio Misawa1. 1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji 3311-1, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, 329-0498, Japan. 2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji 3311-1, Shimotsuke, Tochigi, 329-0498, Japan. kj_kawahito@msn.com.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Extended arch repair for acute type A aortic dissection remains controversial. Our strategy for acute type A aortic dissection was primary entry resection and tear-oriented ascending/hemiarch replacement for patients with the intimal tear in the ascending aorta or is not found in the ascending/aortic arch. Extended total/partial arch replacement was performed for patients with the tear located in the aortic arch. Here, we investigated the validity of our strategy from the viewpoints of long-term survival and reoperation. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between 2003 and 2014, 267 acute type A aortic dissection patients (mean age; 65.2 ± 12.9 years, 134 men and 133 women) underwent emergent surgical repair. Ascending/hemiarch replacements were performed in 225 patients (ascending/hemiarch group) and total/partial arch replacements in 42 patients (arch group). Early and late outcomes of both groups were compared. RESULTS: The hospital mortality rates in the ascending/hemiarch and the arch groups were 4.4 and 9.5 %, respectively (p = 0.25). For ascending/hemiarch and arch groups, the actuarial survival rates were 80.7 vs. 84.3 % after 5 years, and 66.4 vs. 74.6 %, respectively, after 10 years (p = 0.94). For ascending/hemiarch and arch groups, reoperation-free survival rates were 72.1 vs. 77.1 % after 5 years, and 62.0 vs. 67.1 %, respectively, after 10 years (p = 0.85). CONCLUSIONS: We observed no significant differences in the actuarial survival or reoperation-free survival rates between the groups. These findings suggest that tear-oriented ascending/hemiarch replacement for acute type A aortic dissection does not increase the risk of long-term mortality or reoperation.
BACKGROUND: Extended arch repair for acute type A aortic dissection remains controversial. Our strategy for acute type A aortic dissection was primary entry resection and tear-oriented ascending/hemiarch replacement for patients with the intimal tear in the ascending aorta or is not found in the ascending/aortic arch. Extended total/partial arch replacement was performed for patients with the tear located in the aortic arch. Here, we investigated the validity of our strategy from the viewpoints of long-term survival and reoperation. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between 2003 and 2014, 267 acute type A aortic dissection patients (mean age; 65.2 ± 12.9 years, 134 men and 133 women) underwent emergent surgical repair. Ascending/hemiarch replacements were performed in 225 patients (ascending/hemiarch group) and total/partial arch replacements in 42 patients (arch group). Early and late outcomes of both groups were compared. RESULTS: The hospital mortality rates in the ascending/hemiarch and the arch groups were 4.4 and 9.5 %, respectively (p = 0.25). For ascending/hemiarch and arch groups, the actuarial survival rates were 80.7 vs. 84.3 % after 5 years, and 66.4 vs. 74.6 %, respectively, after 10 years (p = 0.94). For ascending/hemiarch and arch groups, reoperation-free survival rates were 72.1 vs. 77.1 % after 5 years, and 62.0 vs. 67.1 %, respectively, after 10 years (p = 0.85). CONCLUSIONS: We observed no significant differences in the actuarial survival or reoperation-free survival rates between the groups. These findings suggest that tear-oriented ascending/hemiarch replacement for acute type A aortic dissection does not increase the risk of long-term mortality or reoperation.
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Aortic dissection; Mortality; Reoperation; Surgery
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