Safety of elective management of synchronous aortic disease with simultaneous thoracic and aortic stent graft placement.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Simultaneous treatment of multilevel aortic disease is controversial due to the theoretic increase in morbidity. This study was conducted to define the outcomes in patients treated electively with simultaneous thoracic endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (TEVAR) and abdominal aortic endovascular endografting for synchronous aortic pathology.

Methods

Patients treated with simultaneous TEVAR and endovascular aneurysm repair (T&E) at the University of Florida were identified from a prospectively maintained endovascular aortic registry and compared with those treated with TEVAR alone (TA). The study excluded patients with urgent or emergency indications, thoracoabdominal or mycotic aneurysm, and those requiring chimney stents, fenestrations, or visceral debranching pr

SUBMITTER: Scali ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3766713 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature