Clinical Characteristics of 16 Death Cases of Aortic Dissection
NIU Shao-li
Abstract：Objective To explore the clinical characteristics of death cases of aortic dissection in order to reduce fa-tality rate. Methods Clinical data of 16 death cases of aortic dissection confirmed by the iconography examination and died during the hospital stay during October 2008 and October 2013 was retrospectively analyzed. Results The symptoms of the 16 death cases of aortic dissection were diverse such as the severe precordialgia, dorsal part of chest pain, palpitation, breathless-ness, severe sweating and syncope, in which tearing-like dorsal part of chest pain was the most common. Seven patients un-derwent surgeries, and one died during the operation, 6 patients died of postoperative complications ( infection, massive hem-orrhage of gastrointestinal tract, multiple organ failure, etc) . Three patients received descending aorta of endovascular stent-graft treatment, during which two died of aortic dissection rupture, and one died of postoperative massive hemorrhage of gastro-intestinal tract. Six cases did not undergo surgeries and died of aortic dissection rupture. Conclusion The incidence rates of postoperative complications and fatality rate in hospitals can be reduced by identifying high risk patients with aortic dissection, diagnosis and treatment as early as possible.
Keywords：Aortic dissectionAneurysmdissectingDeathDisease attributes
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 55-57 )