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Table 2 The preoperative neurological presentation and outcomes in TAAAD complicated with CM underwent surgical treatment

From: Surgical treatment of type A acute aortic dissection with cerebral malperfusion: a systematic review

Author

N of patients

PreNS

Neurological state (GCS/NIHSS)

Involved SABV

Neurological outcomes

Okita et al. [12]

50

TIA 10

Coma/altered consciousness 12

Hemiplegia 28

GCS: severe (3–8) 12 moderate (9–12) 18 mild (11–13) 20

RCCA 34

LCCA 2

B-CCA 14

Improved 14

No change 16

Worsened 3

Sugiyama et al. [13]

19

Neurological deficit 8

NA

CCA

Improved 3

No change 11

Worsened 5

Gomibuchi et al. [14]

42

Persistent neurological deficit 8

Transient 5

No 29

NA

RCCA 28

LCCA 5

B-CCA 9

NewPOND 16

Sasaki et al. [8]

9

Seizure 2

Hemiplegia 4

Japan Coma Scale

2(6), 20(2), 200(1)

IA or RCCA

Improved 9

No change 0

Worsened 0

Shimura et al. [15]

16

Coma 10

Hemiplegia 6

GCS: ≤ 8 (10)

IA 16,

RCCA12

LCCA 7

LSA 8

Improved 14

No change 0

Worsened 2

Luehr et al. [16]

23

Syncope 7, seizure 1, vertigo 5, photopsia 1, confusion 7

NA

B-CCA 1

LCCA 10

RCCA 12

NewPOND 14

Di Eusanio et al.[3]

99

Syncope 61, CVA 87, coma 54

NA

NA

Post-CVA 11

Post-coma 9

Morimoto et al. [5]

41

Coma 7, stupor 13, hemiplegia 19, hemianopsia 2

NIHSS:10.7 ± 7.9 (median 8.0)

CCA

Improved 26

No change 15

Worsened ?

Nakamura et al. [17]

10

Hemiplegia 9, CVA 6, motor aphasia 1

NIHSS: 5.5 ± 2.9 (4–13)

IA 3

B-CCA 7

Improved 10

No change 0

Worsened 0

Tsukube et al. [18]

24

Coma 27

GCS 6.5 (3–10)

NIHSS 31.4 ± 6.6

Unilateral 12

Bilateral 10

Improved 19

No change ?

Worsened 1

Estrera et al. [9]

14

CVA 16

Coma 1

NIHSS: 12.9

NA

Improved 8

No change 6

Worsened 1

(< 10 h, 80% improved

 > 10 h, none improved)

Tanaka et al. [19]

16

Hemiplegia 8, TIA 6, coma 5, drawsy 3, deficit of consciousness 2

GCS: 9.5 ± 5.2 (16, 5; 9–11, 4; < 6, 7)

RCCA 4

LCCA 1

B-CCA 11

improved 5

No change 6

Worsened 5

Total

363

 

GCS (4 papers) definition is varied. NIHSS score 18.2 ± 13.3 (4 papers)

RCCA (n = 99), LCCA (n = 25), B-CCA (n = 52), CCA (n = 131), IA (n = 19), LSA (n = 8)

Improved 108

No change 54

Worsened 17 (of 199 patients)

  1. B-CCA = bilateral common carotid artery; CCA = common carotid artery; CM = cerebral malperfusion; CVA = cerebrovascular accident; GCS = Glasgow Coma Scale; IA = innominate artery; ICA = internal carotid artery; LCCA = left common carotid artery; LSA = left subclavian artery; NA = not available; NIHSS = National Institutes of Health stroke scale; PreNS = preoperative neurological symptom; RCCA = right common carotid artery; SABV = supra-aortic branch vessels; TAAAD = Type A acute aortic dissection