Complicated acute type A aortic dissection and severe aortic atherosclerosis predict early mortality after frozen elephant trunk procedure.

Eur J Cardiothorac Surg · 2025 · PMC12270253 · PMID 40576437

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Patients with HTAD showed a trend towards lower early mortality (OR 0.1, CI 0.0–1.0, P = 0.054) while noncomplicated ATAD did not affect mortality (OR 0.6, CI 0.1–2.7, P = 0.5) and was thus not added to the multivariable model.

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