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Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for aortic dissection has optimistic long-term outcomes compared to open surgery and medical therapy, but reintervention deserves attention.
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This editorial response discusses the long-term outcomes and need for reintervention after thoracic endovascular aortic repair for aortic dissection.
It’s our great honor to respond the commentary by Dr. Hsu and Dr. Shih, regarding our recently published study (1). Dr. Hsu et al. made some important inference from our study and held an optimistic attitude towards long-term outcomes of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for aortic dissection compared with open surgery and medical treatment (2).
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Li et al. (2017) studied this question. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for aortic dissection has optimistic long-term outcomes compared to open surgery and medical therapy, but reintervention deserves attention.
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