Combination of mural thrombus and age improves the identification of all-cause mortality following branched endovascular repair.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In-hospital and 30-day mortality rates of endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms shows a significant improvement over open surgery, although we are not seeing a significant difference at 1 year. We assess the hypothesis that a greater mural thrombus ratio within the aorta could function as an indicator of postoperative mortality.

Methods

The mural thrombus ratio and preoperative comorbidities of 100 consecutive patients from a single center undergoing endo-debranching between 2012 and 2019 were evaluated. Logistic regression, survival analysis, and decision tree methods were used to examine each variable's association with death at 1 year.

Results

At the time of analysis, 73 subjects had 1-year outcomes and adequate imaging to assess the p

SUBMITTER: Patrick RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8022350 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature