1.Baseline Characteristics:
The baseline clinical characteristics are presented in table 1. Mean age
was 61(+/-8) years old
and 3 patients were male (75%). One patient had Marfanoid habitus. All
patients had a previous medical history of hypertension. Mean
Euroscore-II was 22(+/-18) %. CT-Angiography was done pre-operatively
then on post-operative day 1 and 30 for all patients (figure 2). Primary
tear was identified in the ascending aorta in all patients. Two patients
(50%) had evidence of dynamic intestinal malperfusion by compression of
the true lumen. One of those patients had also evidence of coronary
malperfusion and severe aortic insufficiency. Another patient had
preoperative acute neurological deficit marked with aphasia and
decreased consciousness.