Chih-Chun Lee, Dong-Yi Chen, Yi-Hsin Chan, Victor Chien-Chia Wu, Yu-Ting Cheng, Kuo-Chun Hung, Chia-Pin Lin, Ying-Chang Tung, Fu-Chih Hsiao, Jih-Kai Yeh, Pao-Hsien Chu, Shao-Wei Chen
BACKGROUND: In Taiwan, infective native aortic aneurysms (INAAs) are relatively common, so the aim of present study was to demonstrate the comparative outcomes of endovascular repair for thoracic and abdominal INAAs.Methods and Results: Patients with naïve thoracic or abdominal INAAs managed with endovascular repair between 2001 and 2018 were included in this multicenter retrospective cohort. The confounding factors were adjusted with propensity score (PS). Of the 39 thoracic and 43 abdominal INAA cases, 41 (50%) presented with aneurysmal rupture, most of which were at the infrarenal abdominal (n=35, 42...
August 29, 2023: Circulation Journal: Official Journal of the Japanese Circulation Society