Supra-aortic interventions for endovascular exclusion of the entire aortic arch

Because early mortality was significantly higher in patients receiving endovascular treatment for proximal aortic disease, endovascular-based approaches proved to be feasible alternatives to hybrid surgical procedures, especially when they were performed for aneurysms located in the distal aortic arch. Whereas cerebral ischemia accompanies both surgical and endovascular involvement of the supra-aortic vessels, endoleaks and aneurysm growth remain hallmarks of endovascular supra-aortic repair. Because surgical revision had no impact on mortality, complete surgical debranching may become the option of choice for patients with good life expectancy suffering from proximal aortic arch disease, whereas total endovascular procedures could be particularly advantageous in patients with short life expectancy and distal aortic arch disease.