Outcome of endovascular repair for intact and ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysms

TEVAR for iTAA was associated with low perioperative mortality and acceptable 5-year survival at 62.5%. Results were more pessimistic after rTAA repair, however, for which two-thirds of the patients were deceased at 3-year follow-up. Improved selection of patients is necessary to identify patients who are likely to truly benefit from rTAA repair.