Endovascular Aneurysm Sealing is Associated with Higher Medium-Term Survival than Traditional EVAR

Endovascular repair (EVAR) is the dominant treatment modality for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Periprocedural risks are low, and cardiovascular events are the principle determinants of long-term survival. Recently, the concept of endovascular aneurysm sealing (EVAS) has been introduced into clinical investigation. In previous cohort studies EVAS has been associated with a lower all-cause mortality than expected despite device issues. We used a propensity weighted approach to investigate whether EVAS was associated with lower all-cause mortality after aneurysm repair.

Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - October 15, 2019 Category: Surgery Authors: Thomas F.X. O ’Donnell, Jeffrey P. Carpenter, John S. Lane, Jose Trani, Sajjad Hussain, Christopher Healey, Mahmoud B. Malas, Marc L. Schermerhorn Tags: Clinical Research, Basic Science Source Type: research