Survival outcomes after surgery for type A aortic dissection: a contemporary Dutch nationwide registry study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the nationwide survival outcomes after surgery for type A aortic dissection.

Methods

All patients who underwent surgery for type A aortic dissection in the Netherlands between 2018 and 2021 were identified in the Netherlands Heart Registration (NHR) database. The NHR data were linked to lifelong survival data from Statistics Netherlands (98% match). Time trends for in-hospital and mid-term mortality were described, and age- and sex-adjusted regression analysis was performed. The cause and location of death were reported and stratified according to survival time intervals.

Results

The study population consisted of 1317 patients with a mean age of 63.1 years (11.8). The number of surgeries increased from 284 in 2018 to 375 in 2021. The surgery inc

SUBMITTER: Timmermans PT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11893151 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature