Variables

Overall

Aortic Dissection

No Aortic Dissection

*p-value

Total, N (%)

777,595 (100.0%)

380 (0.05%)

777,215 (99.95%)

Length of stay (mean days ± SD)

3 ± 4

9 ± 12

3 ± 4

<0.001

Serious complication, N (%)

Dressler’s syndrome

1404 (0.2%)

1 (0.3%)

1403 (0.2%)

0.704

Sepsis

5221 (0.7%)

11 (2.9%)

5210 (0.7%)

<0.001

CVA

3465 (0.4%)

9 (2.4%)

3456 (0.4%)

<0.001

Ventricular fibrillation

14,337 (1.8%)

24 (6.3%)

14,313 (1.8%)

<0.001

Outcome of hospitalization, N (%)

Alive

766,205 (98.6%)

329 (86.8%)

765,876 (98.6%)

<0.001

Dead

11,258 (1.4%)

50 (13.2%)

11,208 (1.4%)

<0.001