Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
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Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
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Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms in high-surgical-risk patients

Célio Teixeira Mendonça; Ricardo Cesar Rocha Moreira; Cláudio Augusto de Carvalho; Bárbara D´Agnoluzzo Moreira; Janaína Weingärtner; Alexandre Y. Shiomi

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1677-54492009000100009 J Vasc Bras, vol.8, n1, p.56-64, 2009
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Abstract

Background: Following the publication of a prospective randomized trial (Endovascular Aneurysm Repair Trial 2 - EVAR2) that questioned the benefits of endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) in high-surgical-risk patients, we decided to analyze our initial and long-term results with endovascular AAA repair in this patient population. Objective: To evaluate the operative mortality, long-term survival, frequency of secondary operations, outcome of the aneurysm sac, primary and secondary patency rates, and rupture rate after aortic stent-graft placement in high-surgical-risk patients. Methods: From April 2002 to February 2008, 40 high-surgical and anesthetic risk patients with an AAA managed by a bifurcated aortic endograft were entered in a prospective registry. Data concerning diagnosis, operative risk, treatment and follow-up were analyzed in all patients Results: Twenty-four Excluder® and 16 Zenith® stent-grafts were successfully implanted. Thirty patients (75%) were classed ASA III and 10 (25%) were ASA IV. Mean aneurysm diameter was 64 mm. Operative mortality was 2.5%. Two patients required reintervention during the mean follow-up of 28.5 months. Survival rate at 3 years was 95%. There were four endoleaks, one case of endotension, and one endograft limb occlusion. Primary and secondary patency rates at 3 years were 97.5 and 100%, respectively. There were no ruptures. Conclusions: Initial and long-term results with endovascular treatment of AAA in high-surgical-risk patients were satisfactory, and appear to justify such approach for this patient population.

Keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm, surgery, vascular prosthesis, grafts

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