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ArticleBMC cardiovascular disorders2020

Non-O blood group is associated with lower risk of in-hospital mortality in non-surgically managed patients with type A aortic dissection.

Song Huang, Yequn Chen, Zhaotao Huang, Shiwan Wu, Nianling Xiong, Xiru Huang, Xin Wang, Chang Chen, Bin Wang, Weiping Li and 3 more

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Song HuangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China.
Yequn ChenThe First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China.
Zhaotao HuangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China.
Shiwan WuThe First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China.
Nianling XiongThe First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China.
Xiru HuangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China.
Xin WangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China.
Chang ChenThe First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China.
Bin WangThe First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China.
Weiping LiThe First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China.
Liangli HongThe First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China.
Shu YeThe First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China. sy127@leicester.au.uk.
Xuerui TanThe First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China. doctortxr@126.com.ORCID 0000-0003-0845-4464

Funding

2020 Li Ka Shing Foundation Cross-Disciplinary Research Grant 2020LKSFG19BGuangdong University Innovation Team Project (Nature) 2019KCXTD003Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2015A030310040
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Abstract

backgroundThe association between different ABO blood groups and mortality of aortic dissection (AD) remains controversial. This study aimed to examine whether different ABO blood groups affect the prognosis of AD.

methodsDemographic and clinical data were collected from 877 patients diagnosed with AD from 2015 to 2019 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College. The association between in-hospital mortality of AD patients and ABO blood group was analyzed using Cox proportional hazards regression models.

resultsThis retrograde cohort study demonstrated that for 877 patients, male gender, non-O blood group, Stanford type B AD (TBAD), higher presenting systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and being a recipient of aortic arch replacement surgery (surgery) or endovascular stent-graft implantation (stent-graft) were associated with decreased in-hospital mortality of AD. In Cox proportional hazards models, non-O blood group was associated with lower risk of early mortality regardless of adjustment (HR = 0.668, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.473-0.944 before adjustment, HR = 0.662, 95% CI 0.468-0.935 after adjustment for age and sex, and HR = 0.641, 95% CI 0.453-0.906 after adjustment for AD types, SBP and surgery). Further analyses revealed that for patients diagnosed with type A AD (TAAD), non-O blood group renders a significant 34.3% decrease in the risk of in-hospital mortality compared with blood group O. Specifically, this difference in mortality risk was found among TAAD patients who did not undergo surgery (HR = 0.579, 95% CI 0.377-0.889), rather than those who did. There was no significant difference in early mortality for patients with TBAD, whether or not stent-grafts were implanted.

conclusionsNon-O blood type decreases the risk of in-hospital mortality, especially for TAAD, in AD patients without surgical intervention. More attention must be paid to blood type O TAAD patients without surgical interventions, and early surgical intervention may be an effective means to decrease in-hospital mortality of TAAD.

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ABO Blood-Group SystemBlood Vessel Prosthesis ImplantationEndovascular ProceduresHospital MortalityAcute DiseaseAgedAortic AneurysmAortic DissectionBlood Vessel ProsthesisFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsABO Blood-Group SystemABO blood groupsAortic dissectionMortality

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