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

Arnar Geirsson; Anders Ahlsson; Anders Franco-Cereceda; Simon Fuglsang; Jarmo Gunn; Emma C Hansson; Vibeke Hjortdal; Kati Jarvela; Anders Jeppsson; Ari Mennander; Shahab Nozohoor; Christian Olsson; Anders Wickbom; Igor Zindovic; Tomas Gudbjartsson

doi:10.1080/14017431.2016.1235284

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

Arnar Geirsson, Anders Ahlsson, Anders Franco-Cereceda, Simon Fuglsang, Jarmo Gunn, Emma C Hansson, Vibeke Hjortdal, Kati Jarvela, Anders Jeppsson, Ari Mennander, Shahab Nozohoor, Christian Olsson, Anders Wickbom, Igor Zindovic, Tomas Gudbjartsson

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: 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.

DESIGN: 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.

RESULTS: 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.

CONCLUSIONS: 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.

Original language	English
Journal	Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJ
Volume	50
Issue number	5-6
Pages (from-to)	334-340
Number of pages	7
ISSN	1401-7431
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/14017431.2016.1235284
Publication status	Published - 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Acute Disease
Aged
Aortic Dissection/diagnosis
Aortic Aneurysm/diagnosis
Blood Transfusion
Databases, Factual
Female
Humans
International Cooperation
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications/etiology
Reoperation
Research Design
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Scandinavian and Nordic Countries/epidemiology
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Surgical Procedures/adverse effects

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Geirsson, A., Ahlsson, A., Franco-Cereceda, A., Fuglsang, S., Gunn, J., Hansson, E. C., Hjortdal, V., Jarvela, K., Jeppsson, A., Mennander, A., Nozohoor, S., Olsson, C., Wickbom, A., Zindovic, I., & Gudbjartsson, T. (2016). The Nordic Consortium for Acute type A Aortic Dissection (NORCAAD): objectives and design. Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJ, 50(5-6), 334-340. https://doi.org/10.1080/14017431.2016.1235284

Geirsson, A, Ahlsson, A, Franco-Cereceda, A, Fuglsang, S, Gunn, J, Hansson, EC, Hjortdal, V, Jarvela, K, Jeppsson, A, Mennander, A, Nozohoor, S, Olsson, C, Wickbom, A, Zindovic, I & Gudbjartsson, T 2016, 'The Nordic Consortium for Acute type A Aortic Dissection (NORCAAD): objectives and design', Scandinavian cardiovascular journal : SCJ, vol. 50, no. 5-6, pp. 334-340. https://doi.org/10.1080/14017431.2016.1235284

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