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Keywords: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Angiography; Angioplasty - adverse effects; Angioplasty - methods; Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - diagnostic imaging; Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - mortality; Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - surgery; Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - therapy; Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation - adverse effects; Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation - methods; Cardiothoracic Surgery; Equipment Safety; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Postoperative Complications - diagnosis; Postoperative Complications - mortality; Probability; Risk Assessment; Severity of Illness Index; Statistics, Nonparametric; Stents; Survival Rate; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Vascular Surgical Procedures - adverse effects; Vascular Surgical Procedures - methods; DTA; AAA; CT; 26; 28; ASA; CVA; computed tomography; American Society of Anesthesiologists; descending thoracic aortic aneurysm; abdominal aortic aneurysm; cerebrovascular accident