Efficacy of thoracic endovascular stent repair for chronic type B aortic dissection with aneurysmal degeneration.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Food and Drug Administration has approved devices for endovascular management of thoracic endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (TEVAR); however, limited data exist describing the outcomes of TEVAR for aneurysms attributable to chronic type B aortic dissection (cTBAD). This study was undertaken to determine the results of endovascular treatment of cTBAD with aneurysmal degeneration.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of all patients treated for cTBAD with aneurysmal degeneration at the University of Florida from 2004 to 2011 was performed. Computed tomograms with centerline reconstruction were analyzed to determine change in aortic diameter, relative proportions of aortic treatment lengths, and false lumen perfusion status. Reintervention and mortality were estima

SUBMITTER: Scali ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4170732 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature