Incidence and risk factors associated with index hospitalization leg ischemia following endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
Certain factors such as female sex assigned at birth, current smoking status, ruptured aneurysm, iliac artery adjunct procedure, external iliac artery end point, and access site complication may be indicative of index postoperative leg ischemia. Preoperative statin use may decrease the risk of developing leg ischemia.
Authors
- Ali Fakih (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3308)
- Matthew Leverich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0555-7418)
- Nicolas J. Mouawad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8699-0572)
- Ahmed M. Afifi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4294-8217)
- Gang Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3560-6435)
- Munier Nazzal
Institutions
- McLaren Health Care (US)
- University of Toledo (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Vascular Surgery
- Published
- 2025-09-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2025.09.023
- Primary Topic
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00