Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: \- Patients over 18-year-old, with degenerative arch, descending thoracic or abdominal aortic aneurysms, penetrating aortic ulcers or intramural hematomas managed with total EVAR in elective setting. Exclusion Criteria: * Heart failure with an ejection fraction \<35 vs 50% or New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III and IV. * LV wall motion abnormality. * Moderate to severe valve disease. * History of (or expected within the study period) cardiac/aortic surgery. * Coronary artery disease. * Atrial fibrillation. * Congenital heart disease. * Connective tissue disorders. * Chronic kidney disease (eGFR \<30 mL/min/173 m2). * Moderate to severe pulmonary disease as indicate either by post bronchodilator FEV1 (%predicted) \<50% or Modified Medical Research Council Dyspnoea Scale (mMRC) 3-4. * CMR contraindications (non-compatible pacemakers and metal implants, and claustrophobia).