Significance of the thrombo-inflammatory status-based novel prognostic score as a useful predictor for in-hospital mortality of patients with type B acute aortic dissection

BACKGROUND: Inflammation and thrombosis are associated with development and progression of acute aortic dissection (AAD). The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic significance of Simplified Thrombo-Inflammatory Prognostic Score (sTIPS), in patients with early phase type B AAD. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed 491 patients with type B AAD between November 2012 and September 2015. sTIPS was calculated from the white blood cell count (WBC) and mean platelet volume to platelet count (MPV/PC) ratio, at the time of admission. Patients with both, WBC > 10 (10(9)/L) and MPV/PC ratio > 7.5 (10(2)fL/10(9)L(-1)) were assigned a score of 2, while patients with high levels of either one or none of the above markers, were assigned scores of 1 and 0 respectively. Multivariable Cox regression analyses were used to investigate the associations between the score and hospital survival. RESULTS: Of the 491 type B AAD patients included in this analysis, 24 patients (4.9%) died during hospitalization. Kaplan-Meier analysis revealed that the cumulative mortality was significantly higher in patients with higher sTIPS (P = 0.001). Multivariable Cox regression analysis further indicated that higher sTIPS was a strong predictor of in-hospital mortality after eliminating all confounding factors (sTIPS 2: hazard ratio 4.704, 95%; confidence interval [CI] 1.184-18.685; P = 0.028; sTIPS 1: hazard ratio 1.918, 95%; CI 1.134-3.537; P = 0.045). CONCLUSIONS: sTIPS at admission was a useful tool for stratifying the risk in type B AAD patients, for outcomes such as in-hospital mortality in the early phase.