Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) for the treatment of aortic diseases: a position statement from the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), in collaboration with the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interve

a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Hietzing, Vienna, Austria b Interventional Cardiology, Clínico San Carlos University Hospital, Madrid, Spain c Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates d Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK e Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Berne, Berne, Switzerland f Cardioangiological Center Bethanien, Frankfurt, Germany g Hospital General Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain h University Hospital S. Orsola, Bologna, Italy i Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, West German Heart Center Essen, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany j Department of Interventional Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark k Heart Center Rostock, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany l Department of Cardiology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy m Department of Radiology, Rangueil Hospital, Toulouse, France n Department of Vascular Surgery, St. George’s Vascular Institute, St. George’s, NHS Trust, London, UK o Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany p Department of Cardiology, West-German Heart Center Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany

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