Fig 1.
Enrolment, allocation and analysis of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) patients from January 2007 to March 2019.
Fig 2.
Distribution of rescue procedures during the study period.
Table 1.
Preoperative characteristics according to patient group.
Table 2.
Surgical information according to patient group.
Table 3.
Postoperative mortality and morbidity according to patient group.
Table 4.
Logistic regression results for hospital mortality of patients who underwent surgical rescues for critical hemopericardium.
Fig 3.
Three-year cumulative survival rates for 41 patients including in-hospital mortality (A) and for 28 patients excluding in-hospital mortality (B) stratified by rescue procedure.
Fig 4.
Flowchart of management for acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) patients with preoperative unstable hemodynamics and hemopericardium.
CT, computed tomography; E-CPB, emergent cardiopulmonary bypass; E-SXP, emergent subxiphoid pericardiotomy; HR, heart rate; IV, intravenous; IVF, intravenous fluid; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TEE, transesophageal echocardiography.