Letter by Canaud et al Regarding Article, “Retrograde Ascending Aortic Dissection During or After Thoracic Aortic Stent Graft Placement: Insight From the European Registry on Endovascular Aortic Repair Complications”

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To the Editor: We read with great interest the article by Eggebrecht and coworkers.1 They concluded that the majority of retrograde ascending aortic dissection cases were associated with the use of proximal bare spring stent grafts. The authors report that this decision is strengthened by evidence of stent graft–induced injury at surgery or necropsy in half of the patients. However, we have several comments. First, it is difficult to draw conclusions from …