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Stroke and outcomes in patients with acute type A aortic dissection

Eduardo Bossone1, David C Corteville, Kevin M Harris

  • 1Department of Cardiology, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy (E.B.); Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (D.C.C., E.K.-R., D.G.M., K.A.E.); Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis Heart Institute, Minneapolis, MN (K.M.H.); Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (T.S.); Department of Interventional Cardiology, San Salvatore Hospital, Pesaro, Italy (R.F.); Department of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (S.H.); Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (M.P.E.); Division of Medical Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (R.E.P.); Department of Cardiology, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France (P.G.S.); Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (K.G.); Servei de Cardiologia, Hospital General Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain (A.E.); Thoracic Aortic Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA (E.M.I.); and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany (C.A.N.).

Circulation
|September 14, 2013
PubMed
Summary

Stroke is a serious complication of type A acute aortic dissection (TAAAD), affecting 6% of patients. While it increases in-hospital complications and mortality, stroke does not appear to impact long-term survival in TAAAD patients.

Keywords:
aortic dissectionmortalitystroke management

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