Combination of Mural Thrombus and Age Improves the Identification of All-Cause Mortality Following Branched Endovascular Repair

In-hospital and 30-day mortality rates of endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA) shows a significant improvement over open surgery although we are not seeing a significant difference at one year. We assess the hypothesis that a greater mural thrombus ratio within the aorta could function as an indicator of post-operative mortality.

Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - July 4, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Ryan J. Patrick, Stephen Gent, Taylor Suess, Valerie Bares, Angela Vandenhull, Katie Pohlson, Kelly Steffens, Patrick Kelly Source Type: research