title: [Aneurysms and dissections of the thoracal and abdominal aorta].
abstract: One to four per cent of all deaths in patients over 65 are caused by aneurysmatic diseases of the abdominal or thoracic aorta. For elective surgery in abdominal aneurysms, open surgery and endovascular treatment both demonstrate brilliant overall results. In the thoracic aorta, new endovascular procedures have led to considerable reductions of postoperative morbidity and mortality. Nevertheless, in view of the endovascular procedure's high cost and the still unclear long-term behaviour of the stent device, a second opinion from a specialised centre is an absolute necessity.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Gefässchirurgie, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Ismaninger Strasse 22, 81675, München, Deutschland. peter.heider@lrz.tu-muenchen.de
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heider
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reeps
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hanke
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zimmermann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Berger
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Eckstein
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000145:classification / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015201:Meta-Analysis as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015995:Prevalence; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome