Increased clinical frailty is associated with aortic-related mortality following fenestrated and branched endovascular repair for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm
In an expanded cohort of patients, clinical frailty was associated with lower long-term survival and an increased risk for aortic-related mortality after F/BEVAR for the treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. Chronic disease burden is a primary driver of overall mortality, and clinically frail patients are more likely to die from pulmonary comorbidities, infection, and systemic decline. Phenotypic frailty assessment should be considered in preoperative assessment and patient counseling before F/BEVAR.
Authors
- Silvia Chen
- Matthew P. Sweet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6131-7330)
- Joel Kruger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1170-3372)
- Sara L. Zettervall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7961-4416)
- Rebecca Sorber (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0324-4882)
- Elizabeth Ramirez
- Karina Newhall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7240-9110)
- Martin Bunker
- Blake E. Murphy
- Anjali Sribalaskandarajah
Institutions
- University of Washington (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Rochester (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Vascular Surgery
- Published
- 2025-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2025.10.011
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Aortic aneurysm repair treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52