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01-11-2020 | Aortic Dissection | Commentary
Challenges of Total Endovascular Repair of Chronic Type B Aortic Dissection
Authors:
Mohamad Hamady, Colin Bicknell
Published in:
CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
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Issue 11/2020
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Excerpt
Chronic post-dissection thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (pD-TAAA) is a significant challenge to manage for open, hybrid or endovascular approaches. The main potential anatomical challenges confronting total endovascular approach include: short proximal landing zone, severe aortic angulation, tight compression of true lumen with or without thrombosed false lumen, target vessel take-off from false lumen, hostile take-off angle of target vessel and extension of dissection flap deeply into target vessel or iliac arteries. …