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Table 3 Causes of death in the two groups

From: Is limited aortic resection more justified in elderly patients with type A acute aortic dissection?-insights from single center experience

Causes of death

LAR (n = 41)

TAR + SET (n = 62)

P

Hospital death

2

12

0.042

Follow-up

7

11

0.637

 Fatal CVA

2

2

 Cancer

0

2

 MI

0

1

 Pneumonia

2

4

 Dissection related

1

0

 Traffic accident

0

1

 Uncertain

2

1

5-year survival, %

82.5 ± 6.0

75.2 ± 5.6

0.151

  1. Abbreviations: CVA cerebrovascular accident, MI myocardial infarction