The Nordic Consortium for Acute type A Aortic Dissection (NORCAAD): objectives and design().

• Published in: Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal
• Main Authors: Geirsson, Arnar, Ahlsson, Anders, Franco-Cereceda, Anders, Fuglsang, Simon, Gunn, Jarmo, Hansson, Emma C, Hjortdal, Vibeke, Jarvela, Kati, Jeppsson, Anders, Mennander, Ari, Nozohoor, Shahab, Olsson, Christian, Wickbom, Anders, Zindovic, Igor, Gudbjartsson, Tomas
• Other Authors: 1 Univ Iceland, Landspitali Univ Hosp, Fac Med, Reykjavik, Iceland Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) 2 Orebro Univ Hosp, Orebro, Sweden Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) 3 Karolinska Univ Hosp, Stockholm, Sweden Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) 4 Aarhus Univ Hosp, Skejby, Denmark Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) 5 Turku Univ Hosp, Turku, Finland Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) 6 Sahlgrens Univ Hosp, Gothenburg, Sweden Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) 7 Tampere Univ Hosp, Tampere, Finland Show the Organization-Enhanced name(s) 8 Skane Univ Hosp, Lund, Sweden
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2017
• Subjects: Æðaskurðlækningar; Æðasjúkdómar; Brjóstholsskurðlækningar; Slagæðargúlpur; TAS12; Aneurysm; Dissecting; Thoracic Surgical Procedures; Patient Outcome Assessment; Survival; Smella; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/620103; https://doi.org/10.1080/14017431.2016.1235284

Neðst á síðunni er hægt að nálgast greinina í heild sinni með því að smella á hlekkinn View/Open To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page The Nordic Consortium for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection (NORCAAD) is a collaborative effort of Nordic cardiac surgery centers to study acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD). Here, we outline the overall objectives and the design of NORCAAD. NORCAAD currently consists of eight centers in Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden. Data was collected for patients undergoing surgery for ATAAD from 2005 to 2014. A total of 194 variables were retrospectively collected including demographics, past medical history, preoperative medications, symptoms at presentation, operative variables, complications, bleeding and blood transfusions, need for late reoperations, 30-day mortality and long-term survival. Information was gathered in the database for 1159 patients, of which 67.6% were male. The mean age was 61.5 ± 12.1 years. The mean follow-up was 3.1 ± 2.9 years with a total of 3535 patient years. NORCAAD provides a foundation for close collaboration between cardiac surgery centers in the Nordic countries. Substudies in progress include: short-term outcomes, long-term survival, time interval from diagnosis until operation, effects of surgical techniques, malperfusion syndrome, renal failure, bleeding and neurological complications on outcomes and the rate of late reoperations. Landspitali Haskolasjukrahus University of Iceland Research Fund