Endovascular Repair of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Trauma: Is Post-Implant Hypertension an Incidental Finding?

Blunt thoracic aortic injury (BTAI) is the second most common cause of death in trauma patients. Nowadays, thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) has become the treatment of choice due to lower rates of mortality, paraplegia and stroke. However, concerns have been raised whether graft implantation is related to the development of hypertension in the postoperative period.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - March 7, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Konstantinos Tigkiropoulos, Fragiska Sigala, Diamantis I. Tsilimigras, Demetrios Moris, Konstantinos Filis, Nikolaos Melas, Dimitrios Karamanos, Christos Kontogiannis, Ioannis Lazaridis, Nikolaos Saratzis Source Type: research