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Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 20-28 , January 2009

Evaluation of volumetric measurements in patients with acute type B aortic dissection – thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) vs conservative

Iris Eva Chemelli-Steingruber, MD
- Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Andreas Chemelli, MD
- Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Alexander Strasak, MD
- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics, and Health Economics, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Beate Hugl, MD
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Renate Hiemetzberger, MD
- Department of Cardiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
Benedikt V. Czermak, MD
- Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
- Correspondence: Benedikt V. Czermak, MD, University Hospital Innsbruck, Department of Radiology, Anichstr. 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Received 18 May 2008 ,Accepted 20 August 2008.

Kaplan-Meier estimates of cumulative rates of freedom from dissection-related death in patients treated for acute type B dissection, either by thoracic endovascular aortic repair or conservatively.

Kaplan-Meier estimates of cumulative rates of freedom from dissection-related death in patients treated for acute type B dissection, either by thoracic endovascular aortic repair or conservatively.
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Kaplan-Meier estimates of cumulative rates of rupture-free survival in patients treated for acute type B dissection, either by thoracic endovascular aortic repair or conservatively.

Kaplan-Meier estimates of cumulative rates of rupture-free survival in patients treated for acute type B dissection, either by thoracic endovascular aortic repair or conservatively.
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Volume courses of true thoracic lumen, false thoracic lumen, thoracic lumen and diameter in patients treated by thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Mean values ± SD and medians of the different lumin

Volume courses of true thoracic lumen, false thoracic lumen, thoracic lumen and diameter in patients treated by thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Mean values ± SD and medians of the different lumina and of the diameter in percentages are shown. TTL, True thoracic lumen; FTL, false thoracic lumen; TL, thoracic lumen; D, diameter; SD, standard deviation; TEVAR, thoracic endovascular aortic repair.
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Volume courses of true thoracic lumen, false thoracic lumen, thoracic lumen and diameter in conservatively treated patients. Mean values ± SD and medians of the different lumina and of the diameter in

Volume courses of true thoracic lumen, false thoracic lumen, thoracic lumen and diameter in conservatively treated patients. Mean values ± SD and medians of the different lumina and of the diameter in percentages are shown. TTL, True thoracic lumen; FTL, false thoracic lumen; TL, thoracic lumen; D, xxx; SD, standard deviation.
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Volume courses of the abdominal lumen in patients treated for acute type B dissection, either by thoracic endovascular aortic repair or conservatively. Mean values ± SD and medians of the different lu

Volume courses of the abdominal lumen in patients treated for acute type B dissection, either by thoracic endovascular aortic repair or conservatively. Mean values ± SD and medians of the different lumina and of the diameter in percentages are shown. AL, Abdominal lumen; SD, standard deviation.
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