A Five-Year Computed Tomography Follow-up Study of Proximal Aortic Neck Dilatation After Endovascular Aortic Repair Using Four Contemporary Types of Endograft
Endovascular Procedures
Prosthesis Design
Aortography
Dilatation
Blood Vessel Prosthesis
3. Good health
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
Treatment Outcome
Humans
Stents
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tomography
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Follow-Up Studies
Retrospective Studies
DOI:
10.1007/s00270-021-02913-2
Publication Date:
2021-07-06T20:02:15Z
AUTHORS (7)
ABSTRACT
This study analysed the progression of proximal aortic neck diameter in patients with asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms, treated by endovascular aortic repair using four different, contemporary types of endograft.This is a retrospective study of four cohorts of 30 patients presenting with asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms and treated with endovascular aortic repair using four different types of contemporary endografts, namely Endurant® (Medtronic), Excluder® (W.L. Gore), Zenith® (Cook Medical) and Ovation® (Endologix) endografts. Patients' demographics and aortic aneurysm measurements, including suprarenal aortic, proximal infrarenal neck and maximum aortic aneurysmal diameter, were gathered from the patients' electronic medical records, pre- and post-interventional computed tomography studies, respectively. Diameter measurements were modelled as a function of endograft type; an interaction test was used to test whether the evolutions over time were different between the four types of endograft.Suprarenal aortic diameter increased over time (P = 0.0235) and maximum aortic aneurysm diameter decreased over time (P = 0.0008) in the four types of endograft. The progressive increase in proximal neck diameter from preoperative baseline up to five years of follow-up was 1.20 mm for Endurant (P = 0.0054), 1.72 mm for Ovation (P = 0.0006), 1.14 mm for Excluder (P = 0.0102) and 2.83 mm for Zenith (P < 0.0001), respectively. Five patients (4%) presented with a late-type 1a endoleak: Endurant (n = 1); Ovation (n = 2) and Zenith (n = 2).All endografts were associated with a progressive dilatation of the proximal aortic neck over a time interval of five years and may be associated with late-type 1a endoleak.
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