Purpose Up to 10% of acute type A aortic dissection (TAAD) patients are deemed unfit for
open surgical repair, exposing these patients to high mortality rates. In recent years, thoracic …

Endovascular repair of the ascending aorta and aortic arch has evolved at an astonishing
pace in the past several decades. Results of endovascular arch repair in experienced …

Background As surgical mortality decreases and endovascular utilization increases, it is
unknown whether volume-outcome relationships exist in thoracic aortic dissection repair …

Objective For thoracic endovascular aortic repair of the arch, branched and fenestrated
endografts are available with different limitations regarding anatomy and extent of the …

Objectives We describe the preliminary results of thoracic endovascular aortic repair
(TEVAR) in a group of patients with ascending aortic disease from the Global Registry for …

Objective The standard surgical approach to Stanford type A aortic dissection is open repair.
However, up to one in four patients will be declined surgery because of prohibitive risk …

Background Up to 30% of patients presenting with ascending aortic disease are deemed
inoperable. Ascending aortic endovascular repair provides an alternative option for these …

OBJECTIVES The aim of this article is to report the mid-term results of ascending thoracic
endovascular aortic repair using a custom-made device (CMD). METHODS This was a …

The endovascular treatment of pathologies of the ascending aorta has not been
incorporated into routine clinical practice. The aim of this article is to provide an overview of …

Regardless the successful treatment of the descending aorta with endovascular prosthesis,
for the ascending aorta segment, because of several anatomic and physiologic issues, this …