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Ann Thorac Surg 1978;26:42-49
© 1978 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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The Effectiveness of Surgical Treatment of Acute Aortic Dissection

Division of Cardiac Surgery, St. Thomas Hospital, and the Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN

^* Address reprint requests to Dr. Thomas, 501 St. Thomas Medical Bldg, 4230 Harding Rd, Nashville, TN 37205

Ten consecutive patients have undergone operative repair of acute aortic dissection at St. Thomas Hospital in the last three years. Two died. To assess the status of the residual aorta, all 8 survivors were evaluated by postoperative aortography. Only the patient with a clotted dissection on preoperative study showed no residual dissection of the distal aorta. Analysis of postoperative aortograms suggests that the original dissection reentry points become sites of inflow following removal of the original intimal tear. No death resulted from these residual abnormalities. Retrograde dissection and aortic insufficiency were obliterated. The major sites of aortic rupture were removed. It is concluded that surgical therapy for acute aortic dissection is effective in that it avoids the major sources of mortality. The resultant surviving population must be carefully observed in view of the high frequency of residual aortic abnormality.

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