Article received: gallitto, e.E.(2017).Endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in high surgical risk patients: fenestrated and branched patients.Annals of vascular surgery, 170-177.Purpose:to report early and mid-term results of endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (taaa) by using cook zenith fenestrated/branched endograftes (fb-evar) in high surgical risk patients unfit for open repair.Per the article adverse events included: iliac rupture, blood loss requiring transfusion, spinal cord ischemia, endoleaks, cardiac and pulmonary complications, renal occlusion.
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