Pelin Öztürk1, Anıl Ziya Apaydın1, Engin Karakuş2, Ali Önder Kılıç3, Mustafa Özbaran1. 1. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medicine Faculty of Ege University, İzmir, Turkey. 2. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Bölge State Hospital, Batman, Turkey. 3. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tunceli State Hospital, Tunceli, Turkey.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In this study, the effect of postoperative oral anticoagulation on the false lumen patency of the distal aorta in patients with acute type A aortic dissection was investigated. METHODS: Forty-one patients (32 male, 9 female; mean age 56.8±13.6 years; range, 30 to 84 years) who were diagnosed with acute type A aortic dissection and underwent surgical treatment in our clinic, and whose entire data of both control computed tomographic assessments and all postoperative follow-up visits could be accessed were enrolled. The patients were divided into two groups according to the type of surgical intervention that was performed. Computed tomography imaging of the patients were scanned and false lumen patency rates were evaluated. Besides oral anticoagulation, preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative risk factors that may have affected false lumen patency secondary to acute type A aortic dissection were evaluated and statistically analyzed. RESULTS: Twenty-one patients (51.2%) had concomitant hypertension. Thirty five (85.4%) of the patients had the main symptom of angina. Sixteen patients (39%) in Group 1 underwent ascending aortic replacement combined with aortic valve replacement (Bentall procedure); while 25 patients (61%) in Group 2 underwent isolated ascending aortic replacement. Mean follow-up was 43.9±26.3 (range: 5-120) months. No statistically significant difference was found between the study subgroups in any of the operation parameters except for cardiopulmonary bypass time (p=0.035) and cross-clamp time (p=0.002). Evaluation of the control contrast-enhanced tomographic imaging of the patients showed false lumen patency in the thorax in 34 patients (82.9%) and in the abdominal region in 33 patients (80.5%). When analyzing subgroups according to the type of surgical procedure, or indirectly anticoagulant use, no statistically significant difference was found in false lumen patency prevalence between the thoracic and abdominal groups (p=0.534 and p=0.922). CONCLUSION: No potential effect of postoperative anticoagulation on false lumen patency was found in cases with acute type A aortic dissection.
BACKGROUND: In this study, the effect of postoperative oral anticoagulation on the false lumen patency of the distal aorta in patients with acute type A aortic dissection was investigated. METHODS: Forty-one patients (32 male, 9 female; mean age 56.8±13.6 years; range, 30 to 84 years) who were diagnosed with acute type A aortic dissection and underwent surgical treatment in our clinic, and whose entire data of both control computed tomographic assessments and all postoperative follow-up visits could be accessed were enrolled. The patients were divided into two groups according to the type of surgical intervention that was performed. Computed tomography imaging of the patients were scanned and false lumen patency rates were evaluated. Besides oral anticoagulation, preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative risk factors that may have affected false lumen patency secondary to acute type A aortic dissection were evaluated and statistically analyzed. RESULTS: Twenty-one patients (51.2%) had concomitant hypertension. Thirty five (85.4%) of the patients had the main symptom of angina. Sixteen patients (39%) in Group 1 underwent ascending aortic replacement combined with aortic valve replacement (Bentall procedure); while 25 patients (61%) in Group 2 underwent isolated ascending aortic replacement. Mean follow-up was 43.9±26.3 (range: 5-120) months. No statistically significant difference was found between the study subgroups in any of the operation parameters except for cardiopulmonary bypass time (p=0.035) and cross-clamp time (p=0.002). Evaluation of the control contrast-enhanced tomographic imaging of the patients showed false lumen patency in the thorax in 34 patients (82.9%) and in the abdominal region in 33 patients (80.5%). When analyzing subgroups according to the type of surgical procedure, or indirectly anticoagulant use, no statistically significant difference was found in false lumen patency prevalence between the thoracic and abdominal groups (p=0.534 and p=0.922). CONCLUSION: No potential effect of postoperative anticoagulation on false lumen patency was found in cases with acute type A aortic dissection.
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