Aortic root remodeling leads to good valve stability in acute aortic dissection and preexistent root dilatation Takashi Kunihara, MD, PhD, Niklas Neumann, MD, Steffen Daniel Kriechbaum, MD, Diana Aicher, MD, Hans-Joachim Schäfers, MD, PhD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 152, Issue 2, Pages 430-436.e1 (August 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.03.076 Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 A CONSORT type diagram of whole patients with type A acute aortic dissection. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 430-436.e1DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.03.076) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Postoperative survival in patients with type A acute aortic dissection who underwent aortic root remodeling. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 430-436.e1DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.03.076) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 3 Postoperative survival in patients with type A acute aortic dissection who underwent various surgical procedures. The number of patients at risk is specified in the Table E1. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 430-436.e1DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.03.076) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 4 Freedom from reoperation on the aortic valve or aortic root in patients with type A acute aortic dissection who underwent aortic root remodeling. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 430-436.e1DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.03.076) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 5 Freedom from reoperation on the aortic valve or aortic root in patients with type A acute aortic dissection who underwent various surgical procedures. The number of patients at risk is specified in the Table E1. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 430-436.e1DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.03.076) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Video 1 Aortic root remodeling operation in a patient with type A acute aortic dissection. Video available at: http://www.jtcvsonline.org/article/S0022-5223(16)30087-3/addons. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 430-436.e1DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.03.076) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Freedom from proximal reoperation after remodeling. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2016 152, 430-436.e1DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.03.076) Copyright © 2016 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions