Association of left subclavian artery coverage without revascularization and spinal cord ischemia in patients undergoing thoracic endovascular aortic repair: A Vascular Quality Initiative ® analysis.

Conclusion For patients undergoing left subclavian artery coverage during thoracic endovascular aortic repair, the addition of a revascularization procedure was associated with a significantly lower incidence of spinal cord ischemia.
PMID: 29022855 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Vascular - January 1, 2017 Category: Surgery Authors: Teixeira PG, Woo K, Beck AW, Scali ST, Weaver FA, Society for Vascular Surgery, Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI)® Tags: Vascular Source Type: research