Effect of Stent-Graft Active Fixation and Oversizing on Aortic Neck Dilation After Endovascular Aneurysm Exclusion For Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysm. 2022

Lillian Malach, and Nader Tehrani, and Shilpa Kolachina, and Karolina Krawczyk, and Amy Wozniak, and Michael Soult, and Bernadette Aulivola, and Carlos Fares Bechara
Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL.

BACKGROUND Aortic neck dilation post endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has been implicated in the long-term development of endoleak and the subsequent re-intervention. Optimal endograft sizing is a vital aspect to successful repair. This study looked at percentage of graft oversizing as well as type of fixation on aortic neck dilation. METHODS We retrospectively evaluated all EVARs completed at Loyola's University from 2006 to 2015 after IRB approval. Patients without follow-up scans within a year were excluded. We collected demographics, comorbidities, graft type, size, aortic neck diameter, maximum sac size diameters from the pre-operative and follow-up scans. We reviewed and collected data on 432 patients but analyzed 154. We measured the largest aortic diameter on axial images 1 cm above and 1 cm below the lowest renal artery. Change in supra and infrarenal aortic measurements were evaluated by calculating the mm difference from each scan compared to the pre-operative scan. Linear mixed effects models were used to estimate patients' mean differences over time. RESULTS We compared three groups of neck fixation grafts. Those with active suprarenal fixation had a significant change in suprarenal aortic diameter at four-year follow-up (1.86 mm, CI:0.65-3.06), compared to those with active infrarenal (0.22 mm, CI: -0.67 to -1.11) or passive suprarenal fixation (1.52 mm, CI: -0.11 to -3.15) (Fig. 1). Those with active suprarenal fixation were the only ones to have significant increase in suprarenal aortic diameter (P = 0.0026). Degree of oversizing was also divided into three groups. Oversizing by <10% had less impact on the suprarenal aorta than >15% oversizing at 4 years (0.41 mm, CI: -0.31 to -1.14 vs. 3.26 mm, CI: 1.63-4.88, P < 0.001) (Fig. 2). Oversizing had a more pronounced effect on the infrarenal aorta: 3.01 mm, CI: 2.18-3.83; 5.95 mm, CI: 3.26-8.64; and 5.05 mm, CI: 3.41-6.69 for <10%, 10-15%, and >15% oversizing at four years, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Stent-grafts with active fixation below the renal arteries as well as oversizing by <10% seem to have the least effect on aortic neck dilation over time. These factors should be considered when performing EVARs, as aortic neck dilation could lead to endoleak and need for further intervention. Further research defining the optimal stent-graft type, self-expanding versus balloon expandable, type of fixation and degree of oversizing.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011474 Prosthesis Design The plan and delineation of prostheses in general or a specific prosthesis. Design, Prosthesis,Designs, Prosthesis,Prosthesis Designs
D001807 Blood Vessel Prosthesis Device constructed of either synthetic or biological material that is used for the repair of injured or diseased blood vessels. Vascular Prosthesis,Blood Vessel Prostheses,Tissue-Engineered Vascular Graft,Graft, Tissue-Engineered Vascular,Grafts, Tissue-Engineered Vascular,Prostheses, Blood Vessel,Prostheses, Vascular,Prosthesis, Blood Vessel,Prosthesis, Vascular,Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft,Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts,Vascular Graft, Tissue-Engineered,Vascular Grafts, Tissue-Engineered,Vascular Prostheses,Vessel Prostheses, Blood,Vessel Prosthesis, Blood
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old
D012189 Retrospective Studies Studies used to test etiologic hypotheses in which inferences about an exposure to putative causal factors are derived from data relating to characteristics of persons under study or to events or experiences in their past. The essential feature is that some of the persons under study have the disease or outcome of interest and their characteristics are compared with those of unaffected persons. Retrospective Study,Studies, Retrospective,Study, Retrospective
D012307 Risk Factors An aspect of personal behavior or lifestyle, environmental exposure, inborn or inherited characteristic, which, based on epidemiological evidence, is known to be associated with a health-related condition considered important to prevent. Health Correlates,Risk Factor Scores,Risk Scores,Social Risk Factors,Population at Risk,Populations at Risk,Correlates, Health,Factor, Risk,Factor, Social Risk,Factors, Social Risk,Risk Factor,Risk Factor Score,Risk Factor, Social,Risk Factors, Social,Risk Score,Score, Risk,Score, Risk Factor,Social Risk Factor

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