Overall survival and factors predicting long-term outcome after thoracic aortic endovascular repair.

Bruno De CosterSabrina HouthoofdAnnouschka LaenenInge FourneauGeert Maleux

Published in: Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society (2020)

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair is an effective treatment option for various thoracic aortic diseases with highest survival rates for traumatic aortic rupture and anastomotic pseudoaneurysms. Several clinical parameters are identified as risk factors for overall survival.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
spinal cord
aortic dissection
pulmonary artery
left ventricular
free survival
spinal cord injury
rectal cancer
pulmonary hypertension
replacement therapy
smoking cessation