Sex differences in ascending aortic diameter at the time of acute type A aortic dissection
Female sex was associated with ATAAD at a smaller absolute diameter, an association that resolved when accounting for women's smaller body size . Sex-specific guidelines for ascending aneurysm repair or guidelines accounting for body size may reduce preventable complications among women.
Authors
- Bo Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2158-9155)
- Robert B. Hawkins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3959-8201)
- Meganne Ferrel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9253-2116)
- Carlos Alberto Campello Jorge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5290-7294)
- Shinichi Fukuhara (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7898-5159)
- Barbara C.S. Hamilton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5498-3378)
- Nicholas S. Burris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5198-4383)
- Catherine M. Wagner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7904-1929)
- Prabhvir Marway (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5768-4859)
- Gorav Ailawadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9927-7573)
- G. Michael Deeb
- Himanshu J Patel
Institutions
- University of Wisconsin–Madison (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Heart
- Published
- 2025-10-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2025-325984
- Primary Topic
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00