Late Referral and Patient Transfer is Associated with Worse Outcomes for Patients Presenting with Initially Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissections.

Background: Acute type B aortic dissections (TBADs) can become complicated at any time point, necessitating surgical repair. We sought to investigate the effect of interhospital transfer on the development of delayed complications in acute type B aortic dissection (dcTBAD).

Methods: All patients who presented with acute TBAD to a tertiary aortic center from 2015 to 2019 were analyzed.

Racial disparities in presentation and short-term outcomes for patients with acute type B aortic dissection.

Objective: Racial disparities in cardiovascular risk factors and disease outcomes have been well documented. A knowledge gap exists regarding the role that health maintenance plays in the development and outcomes of type B aortic dissection (TBAD). In the present study, we evaluated the comparative presentation and short-term outcomes of patients with TBAD across race.

Poly-Specialty Application Practices of Medical Students Applying to Integrated Vascular Surgery Residency.

Background: It is not uncommon for medical students seeking surgical residencies to apply to and rank two or more surgical specialties. Level of interest in a specialty is consistently cited as one of the most important factors for program directors when evaluating applicants for 0 + 5 integrated vascular surgery (IVS) programs. The purpose of this study was to examine trends in poly-specialty application submission to IVS and poly-specialty ranking of IVS to determine the percentage of applicants to IVS residencies with vascular surgery as their true preference.

Trends in the 10-year history of the vascular integrated residency match: More work, higher cost, same result.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine trends in application submission, rank lists, and applicant quality for vascular surgery integrated residency.

Methods: The National Resident Matching Program Results and Data reports and the Electronic Residency Application Service Statistics from 2007 to 2017 were compiled and mined for trends in terms of application submission and the number of applicants a program needed to rank to fill all residency positions. Applicant pool depth and percentage of programs applied to were calculated.