Aortic dissection
Conditions
Interventions
Group AD:N/A
Group CON:N/A
Sponsors
Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with acute type A aortic dissection (within 2 weeks of the disease and confirmed by thoracic aortic CTA) who were admitted to each center in the past 5 years. All eligible patients presented to the emergency department were used as the control group.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1.Missing critical clinical or laboratory data; 2.Age of 75 years; 3.Connective tissue diseases; 4.Traumatic aortic dissection, iatrogenic aortic dissection, aneurysms, aortitis, aortic transmural ulcers, intramural hematoma, and other large vessel diseases; 5.Hepatic dysfunction, defined as serum aminotransferase and/or serum bilirubin elevation >=3× of the normal reference value; 6.Hypoalbuminemia, defined as serum albumin concentration = 707 µmol/L or impaired glomerular filtration rate < 15 mL/min; 8.Use of statins or other lipid-lowering drugs; 9.Other diseases that can disrupt glycolipid metabolism, including pulmonary artery embolism, hypothyroidism, Cushing’s syndrome, and familial hyperlipidemia.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Sex;Age;Body mass index;History of Diabetes mellitus;Serum triglycerides;Total serum cholesterol;Serum high-density lipoprotein;Low-density lipoprotein;Serum lipoprotein(a); | — |
Countries
China
Contacts
Public ContactYong Lin
Union Hospital, Fujian Medical University
Outcome results
None listed