Association between preoperative nutritional status and mortality in patients with type B aortic dissection undergoing thoracic endovascular aortic repair: a retrospective cohort study
Jiahe Zhang, Shuangshuang Li, Wen Li, Lingxu Kong, Zhichen Ding, Kaiwen Zhao, Jian Zhou · 2026
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Jiahe Zhang and co-authors present a 2026 study on nutrition and survival after repair of a torn aorta. The tear, a type B aortic dissection, is often fixed with a stent placed through a blood vessel. A simple index that joins a blood protein and white cell counts reflects both nutrition and inflammation. The team asked whether it predicts death after the repair.
They studied 961 patients treated at one hospital from 2009 to 2023 and tracked deaths over the first year. Patients were split by their index score to compare outcomes. A cheap score from routine blood work could help doctors spot frail patients who need closer care after this repair.
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| CREATOR | Jiahe Zhang, Shuangshuang Li, Wen Li, Lingxu Kong, Zhichen Ding, Kaiwen Zhao, Jian Zhou |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 40330 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |