Time-to-operation does not predict outcome in acute type A aortic dissection complicated by neurologic injury at presentation

Neurologic injury complicating the presentation of acute type A aortic dissection remains a challenge for cardiac surgeons.This was a retrospective review of patients undergoing open repair of acute type A aortic dissection at our institution between January 2005 and December 2015. Evidence of neurologic injury at the time of presentation was abstracted from the medical record. Propensity-score matching was used to account for baseline...