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Aortic Events and Reoperations After Elective Arch Surgery: Incidence, Surgical Strategies, and Outcomes

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Submitted by

Claire Vernon

Source

Source Name: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezx378

Author(s)

Maximilian Luehr, Sven Peterss, Andreas Zierer, Davide Pacini, Christian D Etz, Malakh Lal Shrestha, Konstantinos Tsagakis, Bartosz Rylski, Giampiero Esposito, Klaus Kallenbach, Ruggero De Paulis, Paul P Urbanski

Of 1,232 patients who underwent elective arch repairs at 11 European aortic centers, 155 were selected and their surgical outcomes were analyzed retrospectively. Approximately 13% of patients suffered an aortic event, and 85% of them needed reoperation. Multivariate analysis found older age at reoperation to be the only independent risk factor for in-hospital mortality.