The mental health impact of aortic dissection

Nicole Ilonzo; Ella Taubenfeld; Maisoon D Yousif; Claudine Henoud; Jake Howitt; Max Wohlauer; Mario D'Oria; Gretchen MacCarrick; Aortic Dissection Collaborative

doi:10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2022.02.005

The mental health impact of aortic dissection

Semin Vasc Surg. 2022 Mar;35(1):88-99. doi: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2022.02.005. Epub 2022 Feb 18.

Authors

Nicole Ilonzo¹, Ella Taubenfeld², Maisoon D Yousif³, Claudine Henoud⁴, Jake Howitt⁵, Max Wohlauer⁶, Mario D'Oria⁷, Gretchen MacCarrick⁸; Aortic Dissection Collaborative

Collaborators

Aortic Dissection Collaborative:
Melanie Case⁹, Novelett E Cotter⁹, Carmen C David⁹, Mark Fasano⁹, Richard Goldenberg⁹, Jake Howitt⁹, Timo T Söderlund⁹, Debra Trotter⁹, Asaf Rabin¹⁰, Mattie Boehler-Tatman¹¹, Melissa L Russo¹¹, Laura Marie Drudi¹², Laura L Marks¹³, Maisoon D Yousif¹⁴, Tabea Hoffstaetter¹⁵, Ella Taubenfeld¹⁵, Sreekanth Vemulapalli¹⁶, Chrisanne S Campos¹⁷, Lindsey Rusche¹⁷, Robert C F Pena¹⁸, Firas F Mussa¹⁹, Gretchen MacCarrick²⁰, Earl Goldsborough 3rd²⁰, Christeen Samuel²⁰, Lillian Xu²⁰, Nicolas J Mouawad²¹, Eanas S Yassa²², Xiaoyi Teng²³, Amani Politano²⁴, Jesse Teindl²⁵, Lara Bloom²⁶, Rebecca Gluck²⁶, Meredith Ford O'Neal²⁷, Josephine Grima²⁸, Eileen Masciale²⁸, Takeyoshi Ota²⁹, Katelyn Wright³⁰, Alan J Hakim³¹, Gareth Owens³², George J Arnaoutakis³³, Dejah Judelson³⁴, Mario D'Oria³⁵, Lurdes Del Rio-Sola³⁶, Mark Ajalat³⁷, Marvin Chau³⁷, Stephanie D Talutis³⁷, Karen Woo³⁷, Max V Wohlauer³⁸, JeniannA Yi³⁸, Kim A Eagle³⁹, Marion A Hofmann Bowman³⁹, Eva Kline-Rogers Ms³⁹, Hyein Kim⁴⁰, Claudine Henoud⁴¹, Scott Damrauer⁴², Emilia Krol⁴³, Rana O Afifi⁴⁴, Alana C Cecchi⁴⁴, Madeline Drake⁴⁴, Anthony Estrera⁴⁴, Avery M Hebert⁴⁴, Dianna M Milewicz⁴⁴, Siddharth K Prakash⁴⁴, Aaron W Roberts⁴⁴, Harleen Sandhu⁴⁴, Akili Smith-Washington⁴⁴, Akiko Tanaka⁴⁴, Jacob Watson⁴⁴, Myra Ahmad⁴⁵, Catherine M Albright⁴⁵, Christopher R Burke⁴⁵, Peter H Byers⁴⁵, L'Oreal Kennedy⁴⁵, Sarah O Lawrence⁴⁵, Jenney R Lee⁴⁵, Jonathan Medina⁴⁵, Thamanna Nishath⁴⁵, Julie Pham⁴⁵, Courtney Segal⁴⁵, Sherene Shalhub⁴⁵, Michael Soto⁴⁵, Linell Catalan⁴⁶, Megan Patterson⁴⁶, Nicole Ilonzo⁴⁷

Affiliations

¹ Vascular Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, Brooklyn, NY; Aortic Dissection Collaborative.
² Aortic Dissection Collaborative; Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY.
³ Aortic Dissection Collaborative; Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
⁴ Aortic Dissection Collaborative; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Aortic Dissection Collaborative.
⁶ Aortic Dissection Collaborative; Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
⁷ Aortic Dissection Collaborative; Division of Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Department, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
⁸ Aortic Dissection Collaborative; McKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁹ AD Collaborative stakeholders include: Aortic Dissection Collaborative Patient and Family Advisors.
¹⁰ Baruch Padeh Medical Center, Israel.
¹¹ Brown University.
¹² Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal.
¹³ Cook Medical, Inc.
¹⁴ Dalhousie Medical School.
¹⁵ Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.
¹⁶ Duke University.
¹⁷ Genetic Aortic Disorders Association Canada (GADA Canada).
¹⁸ George Washington University.
¹⁹ Imperial College-London.
²⁰ Johns Hopkins University.
²¹ McLaren Health System.
²² Michigan State University/Spectrum Health Heart and Vascular Institute.
²³ Minneapolis Heart Institute.
²⁴ Oregon Health & Sciences University.
²⁵ Skinny Genes Foundation.
²⁶ The Ehlers-Danlos Society.
²⁷ The John Ritter Foundation for Aortic Health.
²⁸ The Marfan Foundation.
²⁹ The University of Chicago.
³⁰ The VEDS Movement.
³¹ The Wellington Hospital (UK).
³² THINK AORTA.
³³ UF Health.
³⁴ Umass Memorial Health.
³⁵ University Hospital of Trieste ASUGI (Italy).
³⁶ University Hospital of Valladolid (Spain).
³⁷ University of California, Los Angeles.
³⁸ University of Colorado.
³⁹ University of Michigan.
⁴⁰ University of Oklahoma.
⁴¹ University of Ottawa.
⁴² University of Pennsylvania.
⁴³ University of South Carolina.
⁴⁴ University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
⁴⁵ University of Washington.
⁴⁶ Vascular Cures.
⁴⁷ Weill Cornell Medicine.

PMID: 35501046
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2022.02.005

Abstract

Although the topics of surgical techniques and medical therapies have been widely studied in aortic dissection (AD), studies examining the short- and long-term impact of this event on mental health are largely lacking. Many of the studies have used the 36-Item Short Form Survey at variable time points after the event. However, AD as medical trauma has a complex impact on a person's identity. Its implications for emotional, mental, social, existential, and self-concept could be explored more robustly. This topic was identified as a topic of interest by the AD Collaborative. The AD Collaborative Mental Health Working Group was formed and performed a landscape review to summarize current literature surrounding quality of life research in those who have experienced AD, identify gaps in knowledge, and to outline future research questions.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aortic Dissection* / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Dissection* / surgery
Humans
Mental Health*
Quality of Life
Surveys and Questionnaires