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Methods: A total of 100 patients with TBAD and 90 matched controls were included in the study. The serum concentrations of VEC and Vcn were measured using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. Results: The serum VEC and Vcn concentrations were significantly higher in participants with TBAD than in healthy controls. Compared with patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the serum concentrations of VEC and Vcn in patients with TBAD were higher, and the Vcn showed significant difference, with statistical significance. Receiver operating characteristic analysis generated areas under the curves for VEC and Vcn that were diagnostic for TBAD (0.599 and 0.655, respectively). The optimal cut-off values were 3.975 ng\/\u03bcL and 128.1 pg\/mL, the sensitivities were 43.0% and 35.0%, and the specificities were 73.3% and 90.0%, respectively. In addition, the use of a combination of serum VEC and Vcn increased the AUC to 0.661, with a sensitivity of 33.0% and a specificity of 93.33%. A high serum Vcn concentration was associated with a higher risk of visceral malperfusion in participants with TBAD (odds ratio (OR) = 1.007, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.001\u20131.013, p = 0.014). In participants with refractory pain, the adjusted OR for the serum VEC concentration increased to 1.172 (95% CI: 1.010\u20131.361; p = 0.036), compared with participants without refractory pain. Conclusion: This study is the first to show the diagnostic value of serum VEC and Vcn for AAD and their relationships with the clinical characteristics of patients with TBAD. Thus, VEC and Vcn are potential serum markers of TBAD.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm12144730","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,18]],"date-time":"2023-07-18T01:46:02Z","timestamp":1689644762000},"page":"4730","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["High Serum VE-Cadherin and Vinculin Concentrations Are Markers of the Disruption of Vascular Integrity during Type B Acute Aortic Dissection"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Shiyue","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Vascular & Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xin","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Vascular & Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Han","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Vascular & Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jian","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Vascular & Thyroid Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,7,17]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2873","DOI":"10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehu281","article-title":"2014 ESC Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases: Document covering acute and chronic aortic diseases of the thoracic and abdominal aorta of the adult. 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