Table 1 Demographic and medical data of studied population

Age ± SD [yrs]

58,69 ± 12,61

Women/men n (%)

47 (26,4%)/131 (73,6%)

Cardiogenic shock n (%)

131 (73,6%)

Marfan syndrome n (%)

2 (1,12%)

Trauma prior to admission n (%)

1 (0,56%)

History of the cardiac or vascular surgery n (%)

11 (6,18%)

Prior AVR

5 (2,81%)

Prior CABG

4 (2,25%)

Prior abdominal aneurysm repair

2 (1,12%)

Type of cardiac surgery n (%)

Alloplasty of ascending aorta using composite aortic graft (Bental de Bono procedure)

101 (58,72%)

Alloplasty of ascending aorta sparing aortic valve

63 (36,63%)

Alloplasty of aortic arch

36 (20,93%)

Aortic valve plasty

5 (2,91%)

CABG

10 (5,81%)

Stent-graft deployment in the descending aorta

2 (1,16%)

The brachio-cephalic trunk plasty

2 (1,16%)

MVR

1 (0,58%)

Deaths n (%)

69 (38,76%)

Preoperative

6 (3,37%)

Intraoperative

30 (16,85%)

Postoperative (before discharge)

33 (18,54%)

Echocardiographic findings

Aortic dissection n (%)

159 (89,32%)

Severe aortic dilatation (max. diameter ≥ 60 mm) n (%)

60 (34,48%)

LVEF ± SD [%]

49,62 ± 11,97

LVEF ≤ 35% n (%)

32 (18,39%)

Regional wall motion abnormalities n (%)

55 (31,6%)

Cardiac tamponade n (%)

48 (26,97%)

Bicuspid aortic valve n (%)

9 (5,06%)

Calcification of the tricuspid aortic valve n (%)

10 (5,62%)

Moderate/severe aortic regurgitation n (%)

53 (29,78%)

Calcific mitral stenosis n (%)

1 (0,56%)