TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of endoluminal treatment on small abdominal aortic aneurysm
T2 - Aneurysm sac regression and secondary interventions with 5 years of follow-up
AU - Hao Bui, Bui
AU - Lujan, Ricardo
AU - Nguyen, Alex
AU - Donayre, Carlos
AU - Lee, Lauren
AU - Wallot, Irwin
AU - Kopchock, George
AU - Lippmann, Maurice
AU - White, Rodney
PY - 2007/8
Y1 - 2007/8
N2 - Does early repair of small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) lead to faster aneurysm sac regression or less secondary intervention? Computed tomography scans and reconstructions from M2S of all patients undergoing endovascular AAA repair at our institution from 1996 to 2006 were retrospectively reviewed. A small aneurysm is defined as an aneurysm sac to renal diameter ratio of less than 2. There were 374 patients with endovascular AAA repair that had complete imaging studies. There were 75 patients (20%) with small AAAs; of those, 19 patients (25.3%) had endoleak compared with 108 patients (36.1%) with a large aneurysm ( P =.1). Over a mean follow-up time of 42 months (range, 1-109), 11 small AAAs (14.7%) had secondary interventions compared with 58 (19.4%) of the large AAAs (P =.41). Small AAAs at 5 years had a 2.5% volume sac regression but a 3.0% increase in diameter. Those with a large aneurysm had a slight increase in sac volume and diameter at 1 month (3.3%, 1.4%) and then steadily decreased to -13.4% and -8.8% at 5 years. Patients with Endologix (Endologix Inc., Irvine, Calif) devices have the most regression when compared with patients with AneuRx (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, Minn) and Talent (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, Minn) devices. Early endovascular intervention in small AAAs does not result in faster aneurysm sac regression or secondary intervention. Aneurysm sac regression is significantly affected by endoleak, aneurysm size, and device used.
AB - Does early repair of small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) lead to faster aneurysm sac regression or less secondary intervention? Computed tomography scans and reconstructions from M2S of all patients undergoing endovascular AAA repair at our institution from 1996 to 2006 were retrospectively reviewed. A small aneurysm is defined as an aneurysm sac to renal diameter ratio of less than 2. There were 374 patients with endovascular AAA repair that had complete imaging studies. There were 75 patients (20%) with small AAAs; of those, 19 patients (25.3%) had endoleak compared with 108 patients (36.1%) with a large aneurysm ( P =.1). Over a mean follow-up time of 42 months (range, 1-109), 11 small AAAs (14.7%) had secondary interventions compared with 58 (19.4%) of the large AAAs (P =.41). Small AAAs at 5 years had a 2.5% volume sac regression but a 3.0% increase in diameter. Those with a large aneurysm had a slight increase in sac volume and diameter at 1 month (3.3%, 1.4%) and then steadily decreased to -13.4% and -8.8% at 5 years. Patients with Endologix (Endologix Inc., Irvine, Calif) devices have the most regression when compared with patients with AneuRx (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, Minn) and Talent (Medtronic Inc., Minneapolis, Minn) devices. Early endovascular intervention in small AAAs does not result in faster aneurysm sac regression or secondary intervention. Aneurysm sac regression is significantly affected by endoleak, aneurysm size, and device used.
KW - Abdominal aortic aneurysm
KW - Endoleak
KW - Endovascular repair
KW - Sac regression
KW - Secondary interventions
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U2 - 10.1177/1538574407301142
DO - 10.1177/1538574407301142
M3 - Article
C2 - 17704331
AN - SCOPUS:34547878691
SN - 1538-5744
VL - 41
SP - 294
EP - 300
JO - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
JF - Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
IS - 4
ER -