Ando T, Kobayashi T, Endo H, Nagata T, Ono H, Suzuki T, Murakami H, Chikada M, Makuuchi H. Surgical treatment or conservative therapy for stanford type a acute aortic dissection with a thrombosed false lumen.
Ann Vasc Dis 2012;
5:428-34. [PMID:
23641265 PMCID:
PMC3641541 DOI:
10.3400/avd.oa.12.00021]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2012] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES
Optimum treatment for acute aortic dissection (AAD) with a thrombosed false lumen (thrombosed AAD) remains controversial. We evaluated the outcome of thrombosed AAD according to treatment strategy.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
We examined 280 patients with AAD, of which 30 had thrombosed AAD. We compared computed tomography findings, cardiac performance, and clinical course in 28 of these patients. Patients were divided into three groups for the comparison: Group E (emergency surgery), Group C (conservative therapy), and Group S (conservative therapy switched to emergency surgery).
RESULTS
In Group E (n = 13), one patient died and 12 survived. In Group C (n = 10), all patients were discharged, of which two died of cancer and two of the remaining eight survivors underwent subsequent elective surgery. In Group S (n = 5), one patient died and four survived following surgery.
CONCLUSIONS
It was hard to predict re-dissection or rupture following conservative treatment for thrombosed AAD. Basically, we should perform emergency surgery following the diagnosis of thrombosed AAD, particularly in complicated cases such as those with pericardial effusion, tamponade, and large aorta. Conservative therapy has a very limited application in patients with the initial stages of thrombosed AAD.
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