Endovascular Treatment of Type B Aortic Dissection: The Challenge of Late Success Claudia Maria Rodrigues Alves, MD, PhD, José Honório Palma da Fonseca, MD, PhD, José Augusto Marcondes de Souza, MD, PhD, Hyung Chun Kim, MD, Guilherme Esher, MD, Ênio Buffolo, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 87, Issue 5, Pages 1360-1365 (May 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.050 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Comparison of in-hospital mortality rates of patients treated on an urgent basis or as elective procedures and patients treated during the acute or chronic stages of aortic dissection. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 1360-1365DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.050) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Kaplan-Meier curves (expressed in months) depicting (A) survival among patients with acute (solid line) and chronic (dashed line) dissection; (B) global survival, and (C) event-free survival (C). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 87, 1360-1365DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.02.050) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions