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 Interventions (EAPCI).

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