COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER THORACIC ENDOVASCULAR AORTIC REPAIR AND OPTIMAL MEDICAL THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH UNCOMPLICATED TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION by Anna Yu. Shkandala, Oleh V. Zelenchuk, Serhii M. Furkalo, Borys M. Todurov, Andrii V. Khokhlov, Nataliia O. Yashchenko, Serhii M. Sudakevych

“…On the basis of multivariate regression, three independent factors influencing the physical component were established – the presence in the anamnesis of patients with arterial hypertension of the 3rd degree (p=0.021), chronic renal failure (p=0.039) and low adherence to medication (p=0.033) and two independent factors influencing the mental component of quality of life – the presence of arterial hypertension of the 3rd degree in the patient's anamnesis (p=0.011) and the need for intervention on the aorta during the observation period (p=0.021). …”
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