Blood Transfusion Predicts Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Stanford Type A Aortic Dissection Undergoing Total Aortic Arch Replacement

Abstract

In patients with ATAAD after TAR, the incidence of PMV was very high. Blood products transfusion was closely related to postoperative mechanical ventilation time. pRBC and PC transfusions and age increased the incidence of PMV at all three endpoints.