TABLE 1

Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Aortic Aneurysm

Patient no.	Age (y)	Sex	Diagnosis	Operation	ACCT (min)	CPBT (min)	Catecholamine dose (g/kg)
Patient no.	Age (y)	Sex	Diagnosis	Operation	ACCT (min)	CPBT (min)	DOA	DOB	NA	Total*	Duration (d)
1	30	M	DA (A type)	acs + total arch	118	294	64	0	0	64	7.5
2	60	M	DA (A type)	acs	110	235	17	0	0	17	3.6
3	36	F	AAE	acs	125	359	26	6	0	32	4.6
4	26	M	AAE	acs	168	227	19	4	9	32	2.7
5	27	F	AAE	acs	117	179	28	6	0	35	9.8
6	47	F	AAE	acs + total arch	216	294	47	47	40	133	5.6
7	64	M	AAE	acs	123	336	21	8	0	29	2.7
8	45	M	AAE	acs	108	292	22	14	0	37	3.8
9	30	M	TAA	acs + total arch	39	127	20	2	0	22	5.9
10	66	M	TAA	acs + total arch	105	204	38	0	0	38	7.7
11	72	M	TAA	acs + total arch	42	207	20	2	0	23	6.7
12	58	M	TAA	acs + total arch	56	220	23	23	0	46	2.8

↵* After operation.
ACCT = aortic cross-clamp time; CPBT = cardiopulmonary bypass time; DOA = dopamine; DOB = dobutamine; NA = noradrenaline; DA (A type) = Stanford A type of dissecting aneurysm (involving ascending aorta); acs = repair of ascending aorta; total arch = repair of total arch; AAE = annuloaortic ectasia; TAA = thoracic true aortic aneurysm.