Endovascular Repair of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Using the Endurant™ Endograft
<b>Background:</b> Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) represents a valid treatment modality for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAAs). This study aimed to present rAAA outcomes treated by EVAR using the Endurant endograft. <b>Methods:</b> A single-center retrospective analysis of consecutive patients treated with standard EVAR (sEVAR) or parallel graft (PG)-EVAR for infra- or juxta/para-renal rAAA using the Endurant endograft (1 January 2008-31 December 2023) was undertaken. The primary outcomes were technical success, mortality, and reintervention. Follow-up outcomes, including survival and freedom from reintervention, were assessed using Kaplan-Meier estimates. <b>Results:</b> Eighty-eight patients were included (87.5% sEVAR and 12.5% PG-EVAR). The mean aneurysm diameter was 73.3 ± 19.3 mm (71.4 ± 22.2 mm sEVAR and 81.7 ± 33.0 mm PG-EVAR). Among 77 patients receiving sEVAR, 26 (33.8%) received an aorto-uni-iliac device. All PG-EVAR patients were managed with bifurcated devices, one receiving a single PG, seven double PGS, and three triple PGs. Technical success was 98.8% (100.0% sEVAR and 90.9% PG-EVAR). The 30-day mortality was 47.2% (50.7% sEVAR and 27.3% PG-EVAR), with nine (10.2%) deaths recorded on the table. The mean time of follow-up was 13 ± 9 months. After excluding 30-day deaths, the estimated survival was 75.5% (standard error (SE) 6.9%) at 24 months. The estimated freedom from reintervention was 89.7% (SE 5.7%) at 24 months. Only one endoleak type Ia event was recorded during follow-up. <b>Conclusions:</b> Endurant showed high technical success rates and low rates of endoleak type Ia events and reinterventions, despite the emergent setting of repair. rAAA is still a highly fatal condition within 30 days, with an acceptable mid-term survival of 30-day survivors at 75.5%.
Authors
- Georgios Volakakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-7046)
- Petroula Nana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9060-8519)
- Athanasios Giannoukas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3323-6995)
- George Kouvelos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5443-2066)
- Metaxia Bareka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1392-0135)
- Κωνσταντίνος Σπανός (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2891-777X)
- Eleni M. Arnaoutoglou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0441-9442)
- Miltiadis Matsagkas
Institutions
- University of Thessaly (GR)
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- University Hospital of Larissa (GR)
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (DE)
- German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13175282
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42