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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of the data from the case reports as well as frequencies and percentages of the cases

From: Antepartum acute Stanford type A aortic dissection: a case report and literature review

Item

Mean/frequency

Percentage (%)

Cases

37

/

Age

32.1

 

Timing

  

 1st Trimester

2

5.4

 2nd Trimester

5

13.5

 3nd Trimester

30

81.1

Risk factor

  

 Loeys-Dietz syndrome

1

2.7

 NF1

1

2.7

 Turner syndrome

1

2.7

 Eclampsia

3

8.1

 BAV

5

13.5

 NA

8

21.6

 Marfan syndrome

18

48.6

Presentation

  

 Epigastric/back/chest pain

29

78.4

 Dyspnea

6

16.2

 Shock

1

2.7

 Hand weakness and dyspraxia

1

2.7

 Pleural effusion

1

2.7

 NA

5

13.5

 Sudden death

4

10.8

Surgical strategy

  

 Single-stage delivery and repair

19

51.4

 Repair first

10

27.0

 Delivery first

2

5.4

 Exitus

6

16.2

CPB manner

  

 DHCA

15

40.5

 NA/NO

22

59.5

Maternal outcome

  

 Alive

29

78.4

 Exitus

8

21.6

Foetal outcome

  

 Alive

30

81.1

 Exitus

7

18.9

  1. NF-1, neurofibromatosis type1; BAV, bicuspid aortic valve; NA, not available; DHCA, deep hypothermic circulatory arrest