Systemic immune-inflammation index predicts the clinical outcomes in patients with acute uncomplicated type-B aortic dissection undergoing optimal medical therapy.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, with a waiver for informed consent because of the retrospective study design (#201807). All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsNone. DisclosuresNone. Competing interests None. Disclosures None."

"Funding This research was supported by grants from High-level Hospital Construction Project (grant no DFJH201807 and no DFJH201811) and National Nature Science Foundation of China (grant no 82070478). The funding bodies did not have any role in the design of the study, data collection, and analysis, nor on the interpretation and dissemination of the results."