Current Arch Branched Devices and Endovascular Techniques Sealing Within the Ascending Aorta

Open surgery has represented the gold-standard of care for many acute and chronic pathologies of the aortic arch. Endovascular techniques, sealing within the ascending aorta, have broadened the scope of aortic practice and have to come to offer a realistic treatment option for many turned down for open intervention. The use of both multi and single-branched devices has been described with excellent rates of technical success and variable morbidity. The aim of this review is to examine the contemporary literature evaluating current endovascular devices and techniques sealing within the ascending aorta.