An exception to this is the category of 'porcelain' aorta, defined as severe ascending aorta calcification that ... STS: Society of Thoracic Surgeons; TAVI: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation.

It was possible to separate the complication of stent graft repair of unruptured thoracic aorta in 13 studies (n = 497). Rupture of the aorta (3.8%) and graft migration (2.4%) were the most ...