All ATAAD patients had a significantly thinner tunica intima and significantly diseased tunica media compared to the control patients. Our results suggest that the severity of medial aortic pathology is not sex specific in ATAAD patients. Intimal differences between females and males could, however, be considered a potential risk factor for the development of an aortic dissection.
Keyphrases
- end stage renal disease
- aortic dissection
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- type diabetes
- heart failure
- cardiovascular disease
- left ventricular
- intensive care unit
- aortic valve
- metabolic syndrome
- pulmonary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- liver failure
- atrial fibrillation
- drug induced
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation