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ArticleJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2024

Long-term outcomes of TEVAR for thoracic aortic diseases: a retrospective single-center study.

Gokay Deniz, Ferit Kasımzade, Evren Ozcınar, Levent Yazicioglu, Sadik Eryılmaz

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Gokay DenizCardiovascular Department, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Bilkent Blvd. 1, Çankaya/Ankara, 06800 , Turkey. dr.gokaydeniz@gmail.com.
Ferit KasımzadeCardiovascular Department, Ankara Bilkent City Hospital, Bilkent Blvd. 1, Çankaya/Ankara, 06800 , Turkey.
Evren OzcınarCardiovascular Department, Ankara University, Bilkent Blvd. 1, Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey.
Levent YaziciogluCardiovascular Department, Ankara University, Bilkent Blvd. 1, Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey.
Sadik EryılmazCardiovascular Department, Ankara University, Bilkent Blvd. 1, Çankaya/Ankara, Turkey.

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backgroundThe outcomes of Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) vary depending on thoracic aortic pathologies, comorbidities. This study presents our comprehensive endovascular experience, focusing on exploring the outcome in long term follow-up.

methodsFrom 2006 to 2018, we conducted TEVAR on 97 patients presenting with various aortic pathologies. This retrospective cohort study was designed primarily to assess graft durability and secondarily to evaluate mortality causes, complications, reinterventions, and the impact of comorbidities on survival using Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression analyses.

resultsThe most common indication was thoracic aortic aneurysm (n = 52). Ten patients had aortic arch variations and anomalies, and the bovine arch was observed in eight patients. Endoleaks were the main complications encountered, and 10 of 15 endoleaks were type I endoleaks. There were 18 reinterventions; the most of which was TEVAR (n = 5). The overall mortality was 20 patients, with TEVAR-related causes accounting for 12 of these deaths, including intracranial bleeding in three patients. Multivariant Cox regression revealed chronic renal diseases (OR = 11.73; 95% CI: 2.04-67.2; p = 0.006), previous cardiac operation (OR = 14.26; 95% CI: 1.59-127.36; p = 0.01), and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (OR = 7.82; 95% CI: 1.43-42.78; p = 0.001) to be independent risk factors for 10-year survival. There was no significant difference in the survival curves of the various aortic pathologies. In the follow-up period, two non-symptomatic intragraft thromboses and one graft infection were found.

conclusionComorbidities can increase the risk of TEVAR-related mortality without significantly impacting endoleak rates. TEVAR is effective for severe aortic pathologies, though long-term graft durability may be compromised by its thrombosis and infection.

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Aorta, ThoracicEndovascular ProceduresAdultAgedAortic Aneurysm, ThoracicAortic DiseasesBlood Vessel Prosthesis ImplantationEndovascular Aneurysm RepairFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPostoperative ComplicationsRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsEndovascular repairSurveillanceTEVARThoracic aortic diseases

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PMCPMC11218359

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