Clinical Outcomes and Factors Associated With Aortic Shrinkage After Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Aneurysmal Chronic Aortic Dissection.

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for chronic aortic dissection with aneurysmal degeneration showed low incidence of early and late aorta-related death. By contrast, aortic shrinkage rate was low with high incidence of reintervention to the residual downstream aorta. According to the assessment of preoperative variables, chronicity and aortic morphology could predict postoperative aortic shrinkage.