Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection: expanding indications
R Morgan · RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren · 2010 · Heft 04
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Zusammenfassung
With more experience of the technique, it is becoming increasingly evident that more and more patients with pathology of the thoracic aorta can be treated by endovascular techniques. The published evidence for many indications shows that thoracic aortic endografting has clear advantages in terms of reduced mortality and morbidity, and shorter hospital stay compared with open surgery. These favourable outcomes have inspired interventionalists to try these endovascular methods in patients with more complex pathology, such as lesions involving the aortic arch and the thoracoabdominal segment. The indications for th…