Clinical Practice Variation and Outcomes for Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection Repair Surgery in Maryland: Report from a Statewide Quality Initiative
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Mazzeffi, MichaelGhoreishi, Mehrdad
Alejo, Diane
Fonner, Clifford E
Tanaka, Kenichi
Abernathy, James H
Whitman, Glenn
Salenger, Rawn
Lawton, Jennifer
Ad, Niv
Brown, James
Gammie, James
Taylor, Bradley
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2020-11-05Journal
Aorta (Stamford, Conn.)Publisher
Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.Type
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A total of 233 patients were included from eight hospitals during the study period. Seventy-six percent of surgeries were done in two high-volume hospitals (≥10 cases per year), while the remaining 24% were done in low-volume hospitals. Operative mortality was 12.0% and varied between 0 and 25.0% depending on the hospital. Variables that differed significantly between hospitals included patient age, the percentage of patients in shock, left ventricular ejection fraction, creatinine level, arterial cannulation site, brain protection technique, tobacco use, and intraoperative blood transfusion. The percentage of patients who underwent aortic valve repair or replacement procedures differed significantly between hospitals (p < 0.001), although the prevalence of moderate-to-severe aortic insufficiency was not significantly different (p = 0.14). There were no significant differences in clinical outcomes including mortality, renal failure, stroke, or gastrointestinal complications between hospitals or based on arterial cannulation site (all p > 0.05). Patients who had aortic cross-clamping or endovascualr repair had more embolic strokes when compared with patients who had hypothermic circulatory arrest (p = 0.03).Rights/Terms
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10.1055/s-0040-1714121
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