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Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms

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Vascular Interventional Radiology

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Endovascular treatment of aortic disease has emerged as an alternative mode of treatment that is particularly attractive for patients with severe comorbidities who would not be ideal candidates for open surgery. Actually, short-term morbidity and mortality rates, of large series, compare favorably with those from surgery, and stent-graft placement is proving to be a safe, minimally invasive, and effective treatment for thoracic aortic diseases. However, although endoluminal interventions are minimally invasive, they are associated with complications, as are surgical methods. In this article, indications, technical aspects, and results of endovascular TAA repairs will be reviewed.

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Rousseau, H. et al. (2012). Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms. In: Cowling, M. (eds) Vascular Interventional Radiology. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2012_581

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