Sex-Based Difference in Aortic Dissection Outcomes: A Multicenter Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Type A Acute Aortic Dissection (TAAAD) repair is a surgical emergency associated with high morbidity and mortality. Registry data have noted several sex-specific differences in presentation with TAAAD which may account for the differences in men and women undergoing surgery for this condition.

Methods

A retrospective review of data from three departments of cardiac surgery (Centre Cardiologique du Nord, Henri-Mondor University Hospital, San Martino University Hospital, Genoa) between January 2005 and 31 December 2021 was conducted. Confounders were adjusted using doubly robust regression models, a combination of regression models with inverse probability treatment weighting by propensity score.

Results

633 patients were included in the study, of which 192 (

SUBMITTER: Nappi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10143202 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature