This IABO procedure can be life saving in the management of patients with CUHS from PF, permitting transport to angiography. However, the decision for such treatment must be as quickly as possible after trauma to reduce the time of occlusion.

In emergencies, fenestration saved 69% of the patients with acute malperfusion syndrome in complicated aortic dissection. During the follow-up period, the aortic diameter remained stable in most of the surviving patients.