Endovascular Treatment of Visceral Aneurysms and Pseudoaneurysms: Long-term Outcomes from a Multicenter European Study

Journal Article · Sat Dec 15 04:00:00 EST 2012 · Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S00270-011-0312-X· OSTI ID:22066520

Spiliopoulos, Stavros; Sabharwal, Tarun ^[1]; Karnabatidis, Dimitrios ^[2]; Brountzos, Elias ^[3]; Katsanos, Konstantinos ^[2]; Krokidis, Miltiadis; Gkoutzios, Panagiotis ^[1]; Siablis, Dimitrios ^[2]; Adam, Andreas ^[1]

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1. Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Trust, Department of Interventional Radiology (United Kingdom)
2. Patras University Hospital, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (Greece)
3. Attikon University Hospital, 2nd Radiology Department (Greece)

Purpose: To investigate the percutaneous endovascular management of visceral aneurysms (VA) and visceral pseudoaneurysms (VPA) treated in three European interventional radiology departments. Methods: Patient archives from the department's databases were examined and retrospectively analyzed. Patients diagnosed between 2000 and 2010 with VA and/or VPA, confirmed by computed tomography angiography, magnetic resonance angiography, or digital subtraction angiography and treated exclusively with percutaneous endovascular methods, were included in the study. The study's primary end points were procedural technical success, target lesion reintervention rate, and periprocedural mortality rate. Secondary end points included major and minor complications rates. Results: The medical records of 54 patients (41 male, mean age 55 {+-} 18.1 years) with 58 VAs or VPAs and treated with various percutaneous endovascular therapeutic modalities were analyzed. In total, 21 VAs (mean diameter 49.4 {+-} 21 mm, range 20-100 mm) and 37 VPAs (mean diameter 25.1 {+-} 14.6 mm, range 8-60 mm) were treated. Procedural technical success was achieved in 100% of the cases, while target lesion reintervention rate was 6.1% (2 of 33) and 14.2% (3 of 21) in the VPA and VA groups, respectively. Mean clinical follow-up period was 19.1 {+-} 21.4 months. Overall periprocedural mortality rate was 3% (1 of 33) in the VPA group and 0% (0 of 21) in the VA group. Conclusion: Percutaneous endovascular treatment of VAs and VPAs is safe and effective with low morbidity and mortality. There is a small but significant reintervention rate, particularly for true aneurysms; dedicated follow-up imaging is recommended. Successful aneurysm exclusion was achieved in all cases with a second procedure.

• OSTI ID: 22066520
• Journal Information: Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Journal Name: Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 35; ISSN 0174-1551; ISSN CAIRDG
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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