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The secondary objective was to develop a causal model to understand the relationship between STS times and hospital mortality in this population.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Prospective cohort study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Exploratory analysis of a national audit conducted by the Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and Critical Care.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>From a total of 270 participants diagnosed with AAD with an STS time &lt;72\u2009hours, 218 were included in the multivariate analysis, after excluding 52 participants with missing covariates.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>STS time, measured in hours. Hospital mortality at 30 days.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In the multivariate analysis, mean STS time for misdiagnosed patients was nearly twice as high when compared with patients who initially had the correct diagnosis (estimated proportion of change=1.9, 95% CI 1.5 to 2.3, p&lt;0.001). STS time decreased when patients were accompanied by a medical doctor in the ambulance transfer, had mean arterial blood pressure below 70 mm Hg or presented to the emergency department (ED) with a Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) &lt;15. Estimated ED-to-surgery (ETS) times were 1.8\u2009hours longer for women than for men (10.5\u2009hours, 95% CI 9.0 to 12.0\u2009hours vs 8.7\u2009hours, 95% CI 7.8 to 9.6\u2009hours). From a total of 334 patients, 64 (19.2%) died. Mortality was higher in older patients and when STS time was \u22656 and &lt;24\u2009hours, compared with STS time &lt;6\u2009hours.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Potentially modifiable factors that may reduce STS times include avoidance of misdiagnosis and provision of a medical doctor for the ambulance transfer. Younger women had longer STS and ETS times, but further research is warranted to investigate the impact of age and sex on these times. 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