ALERT!

This site is not optimized for Internet Explorer 8 (or older).

Please upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer or use an alternate browser such as Chrome or Firefox.

Open Aortic Repair After Prior Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair

Saturday, March 2, 2013

Submitted by

Mark Ferguson

Source

Source Name: Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975%2813%2902347-3/abstract

Author(s)

Eric E. Roselli, Mohamed Abdel-Halim, Douglas R. Johnston, Edward G. Soltesz, Roy K. Greenberg, Lars G. Svensson, Joseph F. Sabik

Open operations were performed after TEVAR for endoleaks, retrograde dissection, chronic expanding dissection, and graft infection in 50 pts. Nearly 20% of the operations were emergencies, nearly 80% required CPB, and nearly 50% required hypothermic arrest. Operative mortality was 6%, and 3 year survival was 67%.