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Dr Nathan Orr (Lexington, Ky). I would like to congratulate the authors on an excellent presentation and manuscript as they begin to sort through the incidence and characteristics of secondary aortic interventions after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for type B aortic dissections. As you have just heard, secondary aortic interventions are commonly required in this cohort, with an overall incidence of 27%. Further, this is fairly consistent for all comers, with relatively few predictors of increased incidence.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Source Type: research