Predictive value of preoperative platelet count and D-dimer levels for spinal cord injury following acute type a aortic dissection.

Fengbo Pei¹, Jinhua Wei², Yao Yao², Hui Wu², Zujun Chen³

¹Peking University People's Hospital, Cardiac surgery department, Beijing, China.

²Cardiovascular surgery department, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of medicai sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovescular Diseases, Beijing, China.

³Cardiovascular surgery department, Fuwai Hospital, Chinese Academy of medicai sciences and Peking Union Medical College, National Center for Cardiovescular Diseases, Beijing, China. chenzujun-fw@outlook.com.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: This study aims to identify the risk factors contributing to spinal cord injury (SCI) following a type A acute aortic dissection (TA-AAD). METHODS: This retrospective study was conducted at a single center and involved 481 patients who received frozen elephant trunk stent implantation for TA-AAD. Additionally, these patients underwent total arch replacement with deep hypothermic circu…

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