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Two reports in this issue of the Journal, by Dake et al.¹ and by Nienaber et al.,² represent the collective experience of four institutions on three continents with a new treatment for aortic dissection. These reports detail preliminary findings in 31 patients in whom this condition was treated with catheter-delivered endovascular stent–grafts. The objective of their approach, which was used to treat dissections that originated in the descending aorta, was to seal the entry tear, promote thrombosis of the false lumen, and stabilize the dissection. Both these studies, which yielded favorable early results, represent a major step forward in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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