Post-mortem examination of fatal acute type A aortic dissection: what does it teach us?
Anastasiia KaradzhaHartzell V SchaffRobert L FryeMelanie C Bois M DJuan A CrestanelloGabor BagameriKevin L GreasonMalakh L ShresthaPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2024)
In this autopsy study of fatal acute aortic dissection, the median aortic size was below the current guideline threshold for elective repair. Type II acute aortic dissections were found more frequently than expected and were characterized by older age, advanced aortic atherosclerosis, smaller aortic size, a shorter interval from symptom onset to death and a higher frequency of syncope compared to type I dissection.