Risk Factors Associated With Reintervention After Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Descending Aortic Pathologies.

Shin-Ah SonDeok Heon LeeTak-Hyuk OhJoon Yong ChoYoung Ok LeeYoung Eun KimJung Won KimGun-Jik Kim

Published in: Vascular and endovascular surgery (2018)

Survival after TEVAR for thoracic aortic pathologies was satisfactory in most of the patients chosen as candidates for the procedure. However, the occurrence of endoleaks, increase in aortic size by over 5% per year, and PVOD were the primary causes of aortic reintervention.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
aortic dissection
pulmonary artery
left ventricular
end stage renal disease
spinal cord
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
heart failure
prognostic factors
pulmonary hypertension
minimally invasive
patient reported outcomes
pulmonary arterial hypertension