Antegrade thoracic stent grafting during repair of acute Debakey type I dissection promotes distal aortic remodeling and reduces late open distal reoperation rate Prashanth Vallabhajosyula, MD, MS, Wilson Y. Szeto, MD, Aaron Pulsipher, BS, Nimesh Desai, MD, PhD, Rohan Menon, BS, Patrick Moeller, BS, Shenara Musthaq, Alberto Pochettino, MD, Joseph E. Bavaria, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 147, Issue 3, Pages 942-950 (March 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.047 Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Stented versus standard groups: A, Distal aortic reinterventions. B, Distribution of open and endovascular aortic reintervention cases. TEVAR, Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 147, 942-950DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.047) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions
Figure 2 Kaplan-Meier survival curves for the stented versus standard groups. A, Freedom from open distal aortic reintervention. B, Cumulative survival. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2014 147, 942-950DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2013.10.047) Copyright © 2014 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions