Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection With Elevated D-Dimer Concentration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection with D-dimer elevation have not been clarified.

Methods and results

D-dimer was measured preoperatively within 24 hours of symptom onset in 262 patients with acute type A aortic dissection. The median (and interquartile range) admission D-dimer concentration in our total patient group was 26.7 (8.3-85.9) μg/mL. Median (interquartile range) D-dimer concentrations were 5.0 (2.6-18.0) μg/mL for complete false lumen thrombosis (n=33), 60.9 (19.4-160.4) μg/mL for partial thrombosis (n=81), 26.5 (10.0-70.6) μg/mL for a patent false lumen (n=131), and 8.7 (3.2-26.9) μg/mL for ulcerlike projection (n=17) (P<0.01). With a D-dimer concentration of ≤8.3 μg/mL representing the lower quart

SUBMITTER: Itagaki R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6064831 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature