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Lessons Learned from the German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection Type A (GERAADA) and Expectations for the Future

2014

The German Registry for Acute Aortic Dissection type A (GERAADA) is a prospective observational clinical multicenter registry that was launched in 2006. With more than 2,500 patients included from over 50 recruiting centers it is—to our knowledge—the most representative register for acute aortic dissection type A (AADA) currently available. We examined mortality and post-operative events as well as the influence of various pre- and intraoperative factors on these endpoints. Among patients registered, 30-day mortality is 15.9 %. 13.4 % of patients experienced postoperatively a new neurological deficit and a total of 10.5 % of patients suffered from permanent neurological impairment 30 days a…