Preoperative renal malperfusion is an independent predictor for acute kidney injury and operative death but not associated with late mortality after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection

OBJECTIVES This study was aimed to investigate the impact of preoperative renal malperfusion on early and late outcomes after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection (AAAD). METHODS Of 915 patients who underwent surgery for AAAD between September 2004 and September 2017, we enrolled 534 patients whose preoperative enhanced computed tomography images were retrospectively available in this study. Exclusion criteria were single kidney (n = 3) and dialysis-dependent preoperatively (n = 12). We compared early and late outcomes between patients who had preoperative renal malperfusion (n = 64) and those who did not have renal malperfusion (n = 470). RESULTS The incidence of postoperative acute kidney injury, defined using the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes criteria, was higher in the renal malperfusion group than in the no renal malperfusion group (76.6% vs 39.4%; P < 0.001). Similarly, operative death was more frequently seen in the renal malperfusion group (12.5% vs 3.8%; P = 0.003). Multivariate analyses showed that renal malperfusion was the independent predictor for postoperative acute kidney injury [odds ratio 4.32, 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.25–8.67; P < 0.001] and operative death (odds ratio 3.08, 95% CI 1.02–8.86; P = 0.046). The median follow-up period in the hospital survivors was 3.3 years (interquartile range 2.1–6.7 years). The cumulative survival rate at 8 years was similar between the groups (74.6% in the renal malperfusion group and 76.0% in the no renal malperfusion group; P = 0.349). CONCLUSIONS Preoperative renal malperfusion is an independent predictor for postoperative acute kidney injury and operative death but not associated with late mortality after surgery for acute type A aortic dissection.