Serum C-reactive protein elevation predicts poor clinical outcome in patients with distal type acute aortic dissection: association with the occurrence of oxygenation impairment

The greater serum CRP elevation after distal type AAD was associated with a higher incidence of oxygenation impairment and poor clinical outcome. Systemic activation of the inflammatory system after aortic injury may play an important role in the development of oxygenation impairment.