ASSESSING THE ACCURACY OF THE SIMPLE RISK PREDICTION MODEL FOR ACUTE TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION OVER TIME

In-hospital mortality following Type A acute aortic dissection (TAAAD) repair was 23.9% in a 2007 International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) report. Recent publications have described surgical mortality as low as 12.2%. This study evaluates the fitness of a previously published risk