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Table 2 Neurologic complications of patients with AD: n (%)

From: Eleven years of experience with the neurologic complications in Korean patients with acute aortic dissection: a retrospective study

 

Type A

Type B

Total

 

n = 36

n = 5

n = 41

 

Early

Delayed

Early

Delayed

 

Ischemic stroke

8

14

0

4

26 (63.4)

Hypoxic encephalopathy

7

2

0

0

9 (22.0)

Ischemic neuropathy

4

1

0

0

5 (12.2)

Spinal cord ischemia

1

2

1

1

5 (12.2)

Vocal cord paralysis

1

0

0

0

1 (2.4)

Seizure

2

0

0

0

2 (4.9)

Septic encephalopathy

0

1

0

0

1 (2.4)

  1. AD Acute aortic dissection.