Open Versus Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: A Nationwide Inpatient Sample Study

Conclusions: Nationwide data comparing open and TEVAR in the United States reveal decreased postoperative mortality and a decreased incidence of postoperative neurologic, cardiac, and respiratory complications for TEVAR.

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Source: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery - September 17, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Hughes, K., Guerrier, J., Obirieze, A., Ngwang, D., Rose, D., Tran, D., Cornwell, E., Obisesan, T., Preventza, O. Tags: Articles Source Type: research