Midterm survival after endovascular repair of intact abdominal aortic aneurysms is improving over time.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is a growing body of literature raising concerns about the long-term durability of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), suggesting that long-term outcomes may be better after open AAA repair. However, the data investigating these long-term outcomes largely originate from early in the endovascular era and therefore do not account for increasing clinical experience and technologic improvements. We investigated whether 4-year outcomes after EVAR and open repair have improved over time.

Methods

We identified all EVARs and open repairs for intact infrarenal AAA within the Vascular Quality Initiative database (2003-2018). We then stratified patients by procedure year into treatment cohorts of four years: 2003-2006, 2007-2010, 2

SUBMITTER: Varkevisser RRB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8025309 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature