Validated Computational Model to Compute Re-apposition Pressures for Treating Type-B Aortic Dissections.

ABSTRACT: The use of endovascular treatment in the thoracic aorta has revolutionized the clinical approach for treating Stanford type B aortic dissection. The endograft procedure is a minimally invasive alternative to traditional surgery for the management of complicated type-B patients. The endograft is first deployed to exclude the proximal entry tear to redirect blood flow toward the true lumen and then a stent graft is used to push the intimal flap against the false lumen (FL) wall such that the aorta is reconstituted by sealing the FL. Although endovascular treatment has reduced the mortality rate in patients compared to those undergoing surgical repair, more than 30% of patients who were initially successfully treated require a new endovascular or surgical intervention in the aortic segments d

SUBMITTER: Ahuja A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5954206 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature