Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population
Baseline data | All patients n = 393 | Neurological Injury * n = 94 | No Neurological Injury * n = 296 | p | Missing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 64.4 ± 11.1 | 65.5 ± 10.1 | 64.0 ± 11.5 | 0.26 | 0 (0) |
Female | 135 (34.4) | 28 (29.8) | 107 (36.1) | 0.26 | 0 (0) |
Hypertension | 208 (52.9) | 54 (57.4) | 152 (51.4) | 0.30 | 0 (0) |
Diabetes Mellitus | 80 (20.4) | 27 (28.7) | 52 (17.6) | 0.02 | 0 (0) |
COPD | 26 (6.6) | 4 (4.3) | 21 (7.1) | 0.33 | 0 (0) |
Smoking | 133 (35.5) | 35 (40.2) | 97 (34.0) | 0.29 | 18 (4.6) |
Coronary artery disease | 24 (7.0) | 5 (5.8) | 19 (7.5) | 0.60 | 50 (12.7) |
Known thoracic aneurysm | 37 (10.8) | 7 (8.2) | 30 (11.8) | 0.36 | 51 (13.0) |
Marfan syndrome | 22 (5.6) | 4 (4.3) | 18 (6.1) | 0.50 | 0 (0) |
Other connective tissue disease | 5 (1.3) | 1 (1.2) | 4 (1.6) | 1.00 | 50 (12.7) |
Family history of dissection | 16 (4.1) | 3 (3.2) | 13 (4.4) | 0.77 | 0 (0) |
Previous cardiac surgery | 7 (1.8) | 2 (2.1) | 5 (1.7) | 0.68 | 1 (0.3) |
Previous Aortic Surgery | 12 (3.1) | 2 (2.1) | 10 (3.4) | 0.74 | 1 (0.3) |
Syncope | 61 (17.8) | 21 (24.4) | 39 (15.4) | 0.06 | 50 (12.7) |
Hypotensive shock | 81 (24.0) | 26 (30.6) | 54 (21.6) | 0.01 | 55 (14.0) |
Preoperative cardiac arrest | 16 (4.7) | 6 (7.0) | 10 (3.9) | 0.25 | 50 (12.7) |
Cardiac tamponade | 49 (14.3) | 18 (20.9) | 30 (11.8) | 0.04 | 50 (12.7) |
Any malperfusion | 142 (36.1) | 45 (47.9) | 95 (32.1) | < 0.01 | 0 (0) |
Cerebral malperfusion | 58 (14.8) | 27 (28.7) | 31 (10.5) | < 0.01 | 1 (0.3) |
Carotid Dissection | 0.26 | 26 (6.6) | |||
None Unilateral Bilateral | 185 (50.4) 73 (19.9) 109 (29.7) | 38 (42.7) 21 (23.6) 30 (33.7) | 145 (52.7) 52 (18.9) 78 (28.4) | ||
Intramural hematoma | 51 (14.9) | 10 (11.6) | 41 (16.2) | 0.31 | 51 (13.0) |
Debakey type 1 | 300 (76.7) | 71 (76.3) | 226 (76.6) | 0.96 | 2 (0.5) |
Preoperative Creatinine (μmol/l) | 89 (73–110) | 93.5 (77–125) | 87 (72–106) | < 0.01 | 8 (2.0) |
S100B T0 (μg/l) | 0.27 (0.06–0.89) | 0.27 (0.11–0.93) | 0.21 (0.05–0.89) | 0.41 | 330 (84.0) |