title: Clinical analysis of 51 cases of aortic dissection.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effects of different treatments on the prognosis of aortic dissection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Different treatment modalities including drug therapy, surgical resection and stent implantation were performed in 37, 9, and 5 cases of aortic dissection (AD) respectively, and the clinical outcome of the patients was observed during the follow-up study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The survival rate in drug therapy group was 70.3% (26) while death occurred in 11 cases (29.7%). Four (44.4%) of the nine cases were cured surgically, leaving a mortality of 55.6%. Stent implantation yielded cures in 4 cases, with death occurring in 1 case, and complications arose in none of the cases.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Surgical resection is superior to drug therapy in the treatment of type A AD cases, while stent implantation should be the first choice for type B AD cases for causing less complications and injuries and resulting in high cure rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
authors.forename: Mao-ping
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yu-qing
authors.initials: YQ
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Jin-hua
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Feng
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000628:therapy*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents