Short-term curative effect of endovascular stent-graft treatment for aortic diseases in China: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We analyzed the short-term efficacy of endovascular treatment for aortic diseases by summarizing all available published data on endovascular stent-graft treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), type A aortic dissection (type A AD) and type B aortic dissection (type B AD) in China.

Methods

We performed a systematic analysis of 935 published series on retrograde endovascular treatment for aortic diseases in China from January 1996 to November 2010. Based on the inclusion criteria, 159 studies, involving a total of 5531 patients, were included.

Results

There were no significant differences in procedural success among the studies (P>0.05). The rates of overall neurologic complications and stroke were significantly differ

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3741387 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature