Pleural effusion: a potential surrogate marker for higher-risk patients with acute type B aortic dissections.

Benedikt Reutersberg Santi TrimarchiDan GilonClayton KaiserKevin HarrisSherene ShalhubT Brett ReeceChristoph A NienaberMarek EhrlichEric IsselbacherNilto De OliveiraDaniel MontgomeryKim EagleValerio TolvaEdward P ChenHans-Henning Ecksteinnull null

Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)

Patients with TBAAD and evidence of PEff showed a higher in-hospital mortality, are more likely to develop additional in-hospital complications and have a decreased likelihood of survival during follow-up. However, according to propensity-matched analysis, PEff remained not as an independent predictor of worse outcome but might serve as an early surrogate marker to identify higher-risk patients.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
left ventricular
risk factors
emergency department
atrial fibrillation
coronary artery