Thoracic endovascular aortic repair with stent grafts alone or with a composite device design in patients with acute type B aortic dissection in the setting of malperfusion

The objective of this study was to compare short-term outcomes in patients who underwent thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) with stent grafts alone or with a composite device design (stent graft plus bare-metal aortic stent) for acute type B aortic dissection in the setting of malperfusion.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - July 3, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Jonathan Sobocinski, Nuno V. Dias, Kiattisak Hongku, Joseph V. Lombardi, Qing Zhou, Alan T. Saunders, Timothy Resch, St éphan Haulon Source Type: research