Innovation Spotlight: Expanding Indications to Treat More Thoracic Patients

How a branch graft for the left subclavian artery may extend the benefits of endovascular repair.

By Frank R. Arko, III, MD

Single-Center IDE Experience Treating Acute Traumatic Aortic Transection

Single-center data demonstrating the utility and midterm stability of thoracic endografts for traumatic aortic transection.

By Rodney A. White, MD; Carlos E. Donayre, MD; Irwin Walot, MD; George Kopchok, BS; Ali Khoynezhad, MD, PhD, FACS, FACC

The MOTHER Multicenter Registry

An overview and discussion of a registry that may help us understand how and to what degree various factors influence the risk of complications after TEVAR.

By Benjamin O. Patterson, BSc, MRCS, and Matt M. Thompson, MD, FRCS

The Best Practice for Type B Aortic Dissection

Future refinements of stent graft technology, growing technical skill, and long-term outcome data are needed to determine the potential long-term benefit of endovascular repair.

By Rossella Fattori, MD; Lucia Marinucci, MD; Lucia Uguccioni, MD; Rosario Parisi, MD; and Gioel Gabrio Secco, MD

Retrograde Type A Aortic Dissection

A review of the available literature on this rare but potentially catastrophic complication.

By Gabriele Piffaretti, MD, PhD; Santi Trimarchi, MD, PhD; and Patrizio Castelli, MD, FACS