OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the benefits of surgical repair acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) on survival of octogenarians. METHODS: Patients who underwent surgery for acute ATAAD from the multicenter European Registry of Type A Aortic Dissection (ERTAAD) were the subjects of the present analysis. RESULTS: 326 (8.4%) patients were aged ≥ 80 years. Among 280 propensity score matched pairs, in-hospital mortality was 30.0% in patients aged ≥ 80 years and 20.0% in younger patients (P = 0.006), while 10-year mortality were 93.2% and 48.0%, respectively (P < 0.001). The hazard of mortality was higher among octogenarians up to two years after surgery, but it became comparable to that of younger patients up to 5 years. Among patients who survived 3 months after surgery, 10-year relative survival was 0.77 in patients aged < 80 years, and 0.46 in patients aged ≥ 80 years. Relative survival of octogenarians decreased markedly 5 years after surgery. Age ≥ 85 years, glomerular filtration rate, preoperative invasive ventilation, preoperative mesenteric mal-perfusion and aortic root replacement were independent predictors of in-hospital mortality among octogenarians (AUC = 0.792; E:O ratio = 0.991; CITL = 0.016; slope = 1.096). An additive score was developed. A risk score ≤ 1 was observed in 68.4% of patients, and their in-hospital mortality was 20.9%. CONCLUSIONS: Provided a thoughtful patient selection, surgery may provide a survival benefit in patients aged ≥ 80 years with ATAAD that, when compared to younger patients and the general population, may last up to 5 years after the procedure. These findings have significant epidemiologic and clinical relevance because of the increasing longevity of the population of the Western countries.

Cardiac Surgery Molinette Hospital University of Turin Turin Italy

Cardiothoracic Department University Hospital Udine Italy

Cardiovascular Surgery Department University Hospital Gregorio Marañón Madrid Spain

Department of Cardiac Surgery Centre Cardiologique du Nord de Saint Denis Paris France

Department of Cardiac Surgery Centre Hospitalier Annecy Genevois Epagny Metz Tessy France

Department of Cardiac Surgery Charles University and University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady Prague Czech Republic

Department of Cardiac Surgery Glenfield Hospital Leicester United Kingdom

Department of Cardiac Surgery Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor Creteil France

Department of Cardiac surgery Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg Halle Germany

Department of Cardiac Surgery Ziekenhuis Oost Limburg Genk Belgium and Département Cardiovasculair Cliniques Universitaries Saint Luc Bruxelles Belgium

Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery University Hospital Muenster Muenster Germany

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Centro Cardiologico Monzino IRCCS Milan Italy

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital Clínic de Barcelona University of Barcelona Barcelona Spain

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery University Heart and Vascular Center Hamburg Hamburg Germany

Department of Medicine South Karelia Central Hospital University of Helsinki Lappeenranta Finland

Department of Surgical Sciences Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery University of Franche Comte Besancon France

Division of Cardiac Surgery Cardio thoracic and Vascular Department Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina Trieste Italy

Division of Cardiac Surgery University of Verona Medical School Verona Italy

Faculty of Medicine University of Oulu Oulu Finland

German Centre for Cardiovascular Research Partner Site Munich Heart Alliance Munich Germany

Heart and Lung Center Helsinki University Central Hospital University of Helsinki Helsinki Finland

Liverpool Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital Liverpool United Kingdom

LMU University Hospital Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Germany

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