Dr. Roh Yanagida, Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia, commented in an email to Reuters Health that, contrary to the current study, previous studies did not show worse survival for women with TAAD.
“There are limitations inherent to the retrospective nature of this study,” he said. “As was mentioned in the limitations section, their data did not include important findings that are difficult to correctly assess at the time of presentation, such as frailty and clinical impression, which can direct subsequent diagnostic and treatment plan.”
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