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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Benouaich, Vincent
• Soler, Pauline
• Gourraud, Pierre Antoine
• Lopez, Stephane
• Rousseau, Herve
• Marcheix, Bertrand

Titel

Impact of meteorological conditions on the occurrence of acute type A aortic dissections

Ist Teil von

• Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery, 2010-03, Vol.10 (3), p.403-406

Ort / Verlag

England: Eur Assoc Cardio Surg

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• a Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Toulouse Aortic Centre, Rangueil University Hospital, 1, Avenue Jean Poulhes, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse, Cedex 9, France b Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University Hospital, Toulouse, France c Department of Interventional Radiology, Toulouse Aortic Centre, Rangueil University Hospital, 1, Avenue Jean Poulhes, TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse, Cedex 9, France *Corresponding author. Tel.: +33 561-322-652; fax: +33 561-322-315. E-mail address : vincent_benouaich{at}yahoo.fr (V. Benouaich). The impact of meteorological conditions on the occurrence of various cardiovascular events has been reported. The aim of this work was to study the correlations between weather conditions and the occurrence of type A acute aortic dissections (AADs). Between 1997 and 2007, all the medical records of patients who underwent surgery for type A AADs in Toulouse University Hospital (France) were reviewed. The clinical data were confronted with the meteorological data provided by the French national meteorological office (MétéoFrance) over the same period. Two hundred and six patients with spontaneous type A AADs underwent surgery during this period. The incidence of aortic dissection was higher in winter time than in summer ( P =0.018). The days with aortic dissections were colder than those without aortic dissections ( P =0.017). Statistical analysis highlighted a decrease of atmospheric temperature during the three days preceding the upset of the symptoms ( P =0.0009). This work demonstrates a correlation between spontaneous type A AADs and low atmospheric temperature. Key Words: Meteorology; Acute aortic dissection; Chronobiology; Temperature Related Articles eComment: Meteorological conditions and acute cardiovascular events; is there any correlation? Nikolaos G. Baikoussis, Efstratios E. Apostolakis, Ioanna Koniari, and Dimitrios Dougenis Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 2010 10: 406-407. [Full Text] [PDF] eComment: Influence of meteorological conditions on the onset of acute type A aortic dissection Frank Edwin Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 2010 10: 407. [Full Text] [PDF]