Type A aortic dissection is more aggressive in women.
Simone GasserLukas StastnyMarkus KoflerChristoph KrapfNikolaos BonarosMichael GrimmJulia DumfarthPublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2022)
Women represent an older and sicker patient collective. Preoperative course of aortic dissection type A is more aggressive and complicated in women. While time from onset of symptoms to surgery did not differ between gender, neurological outcome and survival were impaired in women.