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Table 2 Descending thoracic aortic diseases details of patients

From: Long-term outcomes of intervention between open repair and endovascular aortic repair for descending aortic pathologies: a propensity-matched analysis

Characteristics

Overall series

After matching

Open repair

N = 45

TEVAR

N = 91

p-value

Open repair

N = 35

TEVAR

N = 35

p-value

Acute

15 (33.3)

20 (22.0)

0.154

13 (37.1)

7 (20.0)

0.112

Rupture

19 (42.2)

21 (23.1)

0.021

16 (45.7)

9 (25.7)

0.081

Preoperative diagnosis

 Dissection

10 (22.2)

27 (29.7)

0.358

8 (22.9)

10 (28.6)

0.584

 PAU

2 (4.4)

1 (1.1)

0.211

2 (5.7)

0 (0.0)

0.151

 Pseudoaneurysm

33 (73.3)

63 (69.2)

0.621

25 (71.4)

25 (71.4)

1.000

Arch involvement

12 (26.7)

14 (15.4)

0.115

9 (25.7)

4 (11.4)

0.124

Maximal aortic size (mm)

54.9 ± 4.7

51.5 ± 4.5

0.471

52.8 ± 4.8

51.8 ± 3.7

0.985

Aortic tear site

 Arch

5 (11.1)

4 (4.4)

0.138

4 (11.4)

1 (2.9)

0.164

 Isthmus

8 (17.8)

34 (37.4)

0.020

6 (17.1)

12 (34.3)

0.101

 Descending

32 (71.1)

53 (58.2)

0.145

25 (71.4)

22 (62.9)

0.445

Malperfusion

5 (11.1)

3 (3.3)

0.068

3 (8.6)

0 (0.0)

0.077

CSF drainage

14 (31.1)

17 (18.7)

0.104

8 (22.9)

7 (20.0)

0.771

Emergency

17 (37.8)

28 (30.8)

0.414

16 (45.7)

9 (25.7)

0.081

  1. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation or number of patients (%)
  2. TEVAR thoracic endovascular aortic repair, PAU penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer, CSF cerebrospinal fluid