Cardiovascular predictors for long-term mortality after EVAR for AAA
Ohrlander, Tomas ; Dencker, Magnus LU ; Dias, Nuno LU
; Gottsäter, Anders
LU
and Acosta, Stefan
LU
(2011)
In Vascular Medicine
16(6).
p.422-427
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to assess cardiovascular predictors for all-cause long-term mortality in patients undergoing standard endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Consecutive patients treated with EVAR (Zenith (R) stent grafts; Cook) between May 1998 and February 2006 were prospectively enrolled in a computerized database, together with retrospectively collected data on medication, and electrocardiographic and echocardiographic variables. Mortality was assessed on 1 December 2010. The median follow-up time was 68 months and the median age was 74 years (range 53-89) for the 304 patients. Mortality at the end of follow-up was 54.3% (165/304). The proportion of deaths caused by vascular... (More)
- The aim of this study was to assess cardiovascular predictors for all-cause long-term mortality in patients undergoing standard endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Consecutive patients treated with EVAR (Zenith (R) stent grafts; Cook) between May 1998 and February 2006 were prospectively enrolled in a computerized database, together with retrospectively collected data on medication, and electrocardiographic and echocardiographic variables. Mortality was assessed on 1 December 2010. The median follow-up time was 68 months and the median age was 74 years (range 53-89) for the 304 patients. Mortality at the end of follow-up was 54.3% (165/304). The proportion of deaths caused by vascular diseases was 61% (101/165). In the univariate analysis, low preoperative ejection fraction (EF) (p = 0.004), absence of statin medication (p = 0.007), and medication with diuretics (p = 0.028) or digitalis (p = 0.016) were associated with an increased long-term mortality rate. Myocardial ischemia on electrocardiogram (ECG) (hazard ratio (HR) 1.6 [95% CI 1.1-2.4]) and anemia (HR 1.5 [95% CI 1.0-2.1]) were found to be independent predictors for long-term mortality after Cox regression analysis. There was a trend that chronic kidney disease, stage >= 3 (HR 1.5 [95% CI 1.0-2.2]), and age 80 years and above (HR 1.5 [95% CI 1.0-2.4]) were independently associated with long-term mortality. In conclusion, ischemia on ECG and anemia were independently related to an increased long-term mortality rate after EVAR, and these predictive factors seem to be most important for critical assessment in the preoperative medical work-up. (Less)
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- Ohrlander, Tomas
; Dencker, Magnus
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; Dias, Nuno
LU
; Gottsäter, Anders
LU
and Acosta, Stefan
LU
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- 2011
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- anemia, cardiovascular, echocardiography, electrocardiogram, EVAR, mortality
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- Vascular Medicine
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- 16
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 422 - 427
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- SAGE Publications
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- wos:000297480100002
- scopus:82955247125
- pmid:22128041
- ISSN
- 1477-0377
- DOI
- 10.1177/1358863X11425713
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- English
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author = {{Ohrlander, Tomas and Dencker, Magnus and Dias, Nuno and Gottsäter, Anders and Acosta, Stefan}},
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keywords = {{anemia; cardiovascular; echocardiography; electrocardiogram; EVAR; mortality}},
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title = {{Cardiovascular predictors for long-term mortality after EVAR for AAA}},
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