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Thoracic endovascular stent-graft repair for acute symptomatic type B dissection was associated with secondary complications requiring intervention in 17.9% (5/28) of patients.
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Endovascular stent-graft repair for complicated type B aortic dissection is associated with significant morbidity, including potentially lethal acute or delayed complications that may require conversion to open surgery.
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Signals notable secondary interventions; hypothesis-generating and should not yet alter practice in acute type B dissection.
NEUHAUSER et al. (2007) conducted an observational in Acute symptomatic type B dissection (n=28). Thoracic endovascular stent-graft repair was evaluated on Secondary complications with indication for a secondary intervention. Thoracic endovascular stent-graft repair for acute symptomatic type B dissection was associated with secondary complications requiring intervention in 17.9% (5/28) of patients.
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