Quality of Life, Anxiety and Depression after Acute Type B Aortic Dissection.

Background: Type B aortic dissection (TBAD) is an acute cardiovascular emergency but also a condition warranting life-long surveillance. The long-term consequences on physical and mental well-being are largely unknown. The primary aim was to analyze self-reported Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with chronic TBAD.

Acute Symptomatic Isolated Abdominal Aortic Dissection - Clinical Characteristics, Outcome, and Sex Differences.

Background: Acute isolated abdominal aortic dissection (IAAD) is a rare condition and treatment recommendations are lacking. Most previous studies included both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. The aims were to determine the proportion of IAAD among patients with acute type B aortic dissection as well as to describe patient characteristics, radiological findings, and frequency of early and late complications and to explore sex differences.

Incidence, presentation and outcome of acute aortic dissection: results from a population-based study.

Objectives: To describe the incidence of acute aortic dissection in a clearly defined population, to assess onset symptoms and admission biochemical marker levels and to analyse variables potentially associated to mortality.

Methods: Medical records and CT angiograms of all patients hospitalised for acute aortic dissection in the Stockholm County during the 5-year period 2012-2016 were reviewed. The patients were followed until date of death or until 31 December 2020.

Pharmacological treatment in patients with aortic dissection.

Objectives: To describe medical management in aortic dissection (AD) and to analyse the possible associations between antihypertensive, antithrombotic, anticoagulant and statin agents, respectively, and long-term survival.

Methods: From Swedish medical registers, all patients diagnosed with AD in 2006-2015 were identified. Filled prescriptions prior to admission and within 1 year from discharge in patients discharged and alive at 30 days were registered.

Sex differences and temporal trends in aortic dissection: a population-based study of incidence, treatment strategies, and outcome in Swedish patients during 15 years.

Aims: As large population-based studies of aortic dissection are lacking, the incidence numbers and knowledge about time-trends and sex differences are uncertain. The objective was to describe incidence, temporal trends and outcome of aortic dissection with particular emphasis on sex differences.

Methods And Results: During the study period 2002-2016, 8057 patients in Sweden were diagnosed with aortic dissection, identified from the National Patient Register and the Cause of Death Register.

Temporal and Morphological Patterns Predict Outcome of Endovascular Repair in Acute Complicated Type B Aortic Dissection.

Objectives: The aim was to analyse early and late outcomes in patients undergoing thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for acute or subacute non-traumatic type B aortic dissection (TBAD), with the particular aims of identifying prognostic morphological predictors, and to assess the magnitude of the impact of the timing of TEVAR.

Methods: This was a retrospective, two centre, population based consecutive case series. The study group consisted of all the 53 patients undergoing TEVAR for complicated TBAD in Stockholm during the 12 year period 2004-2015.