Commentary: Challenges of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Type B Aortic Dissection

Theodorus M J van Bakel; C Alberto Figueroa; Joost A van Herwaarden; Santi Trimarchi

doi:10.1177/1526602818795153

Commentary: Challenges of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Type B Aortic Dissection

J Endovasc Ther. 2018 Oct;25(5):578-580. doi: 10.1177/1526602818795153. Epub 2018 Aug 27.

Authors

Theodorus M J van Bakel^{1

2

3}, C Alberto Figueroa^{1

4}, Joost A van Herwaarden², Santi Trimarchi^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
² 2 Department of Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands.
³ 3 Policlinico San Donato IRCCS, Thoracic Aortic Research Center, San Donato Milanese, Italy.
⁴ 4 Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁵ 5 Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Italy.

PMID: 30146927
DOI: 10.1177/1526602818795153

No abstract available

Keywords: aortic dissection; aortic remodeling; intimal flap; postdissection aneurysmal dilatation; stent-graft oversizing; stent-graft–induced new entries; thoracic endovascular aortic repair; type B dissection; wall stress.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Aorta, Thoracic
Aortic Dissection*
Humans
Stents
Treatment Outcome