The Impact of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair on Long-Term Survival in Type B Aortic Dissection.

CONCLUSIONS: The treatment of uncomplicated aTBAD with optimal medical therapy results in a high incidence of surgical intervention and poor long-term survival. At the index hospitalization, TEVAR may confer a survival advantage and serve as optimal therapy for complicated and uncomplicated aTBAD patients. PMID: 28811003 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - August 12, 2017 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Lou X, Chen EP, Duwayri YM, Veeraswamy RK, Jordan WD, Zehner CA, Leshnower BG Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research