• Department of Cardiac Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200032, P. R. China;
SUN Xiaoning, Email: Sun.xiaoning@zs-hospital.sh.cn; WANG Chunsheng, Email: Wang.Chunsheng@zs-hospital.sh.cn
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Objective To review and analyze the clinical manifestations of common aortitis in cardiac surgery. Methods We screened 41 552 patients who were hospitalized in the Department of Cardiac Surgery of Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University from 2010 to 2020, analyzed the patients' clinical data, and classified according to the type of diseases. Then we summarized all their clinical manifestations. Results In our center 145 patients were operated for aortitis diseases, including 75 males and 70 females, with the age of 24-76 (45.6±11.3) years. There were 61 patients of Takayasu's arteritis, 51 patients of Behcet's disease, 8 patients of syphilitic aortitis, 8 patients of systemic lupus erythematosus, 2 patients of Kawasaki disease, 4 patients of ankylosing spondylitis, 10 patients of dry syndrome, and 1 patient of scleroderma. Conclusion Aortitis is not uncommon in cardiac surgery, and awareness of the disease should be enhanced. So that we can distinguish various types of aortitis and to make proper management to improve patients' prognosis.

Citation: LIU Junjiang, YUAN Li, YANG Quanlin, LIU Huan, ZHANG Hongqiang, YANG Shouguo, LAI Hao, SUN Xiaoning, WANG Chunsheng. Clinical characteristic of aortitis in cardiac surgery in a single center. Chinese Journal of Clinical Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2023, 30(9): 1290-1294. doi: 10.7507/1007-4848.202201058 Copy

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