The mental health impact of aortic dissection
Nicole Ilonzo a , b , Ella Taubenfeld b , c , Maisoon D. Yousif b , d , Claudine Henoud b , e , Jake Howitt b , Max Wohlauer b , f , Mario D’Oria b , g , Gretchen MacCarrick b , h , ∗
a Vascular Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, Brooklyn, NY b Aortic Dissection Collaborative c Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY d Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada e Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada f Division of Vascular Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO g Division of Vascular Surgery, Cardiovascular Department, University Hospital of Trieste, Trieste, Italy h McKusick-Nathans Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
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.
https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2022.02.005 0895-7967/$ – see front matter © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ )
Please cite this article as: Nicole Ilonzo, Ella Taubenfeld, Maisoon D. Yousif et al., The mental health impact of aortic dissection, Seminars in Vascular Surgery, https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2022.02.005