Felix Orelaru, Katelyn Monaghan, Rana-Armaghan Ahmad, Kush Amin, Marc Titsworth, Jie Yang, Karen M Kim, Shinichi Fukuhara, Himanshu Patel, Bo Yang
OBJECTIVE: The study objective was to evaluate the midterm outcome of thoracic endovascular aortic repair compared with open repair in patients with descending thoracic aortic aneurysm. METHODS: From August 1993 to February 2023, 499 patients with descending thoracic aortic aneurysms underwent open repair (n = 221) or thoracic endovascular aortic repair (n = 278). Of these, 120 matched pairs were identified using propensity score matching based on age, sex, chronic lung disease, stroke, coronary artery disease, diabetes, ejection fraction, dialysis, peripheral vascular disease, prior cardiac surgery, connective tissue disease, and chronic dissection...
December 2023: JTCVS open