Stent-grafts for unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: Current status

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 332-343

  Rose, John ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abdominal; Aortic aneurysm; Interventional Radiology stent grafts

Indexed keywords

IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA GRAFT; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOLEAK; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LONG TERM CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REOPERATION; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STENT; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; STENTS; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33645763745     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00270-005-0059-3     Document Type: Review

References (69)

1. Parodi JC, Palmaz JC, Barone HD (1991) Transfemoral intraluminal graft implantation for abdominal aortic aneurysms. Ann Vasc Surg 5:491-499
2. Volodos NL, Karpovich IP, Troyan VI, et al. (1991) Clinical experience of the use of self-fixing synthetic prostheses for remote endoprosthetics of the thoracic and the abdominal aorta and iliac arteries through the femoral artery and as intraoperative endoprosthesis for aorta reconstruction. Vasa Suppl 33:93-95
3. Fowkes F, Greenhalgh RM, Mannick JA (eds) (1990) The cause and management of aneurysms. London: WB Saunders, pp 19-28
4. Brewster DC, Cronenwett, Hallett JW, Johnston KW, Krupski WC, Matsumura JS (2003) Guidelines for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg 37:1106-1117
5. The UK Small Aneurysm Trial Participants (1998) Mortality results for randomised controlled trial of early elective surgery or ultrasonographic surveillance for small abdominal aortic aneurysms. Lancet 352:1649-1655
6. Ashley S, et al. (2002) Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. National Vascular database report, VSSGBI, London, 2003
7. Collin J, Murie JA (2001) Endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm: A failed experiment. Br J Surg 88:1281-1282
8. Schurink GW, Aarts NJ, van Bockel JH (1999) Endoleak after stent-graft treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm: A meta-analysis of clinical studies. Br J Surg 86:581-587
9. Faries PL BV, Rhee JY, Burks JA Jr, Gravereaux EC, Carroccio A, Morrissey NJ, Teodorescu V, Hollier LH, Marin ML (2002) Failure of endovascular aorto-aortic tube grafts: A plea for preferential use of bifurcated grafts. J Vasc Surg 35:868-873
10. White RA, Donayre CE, Walot I, Kopchok GE, Wilson EP, Buwalda R, de Virgilio C, Ayres B, Zalewski M, Mehringer CM (1996) Preliminary clinical outcome and imaging criterion for endovascular prosthesis development in high-risk patients who have aortoiliac and traumatic arterial lesions. J Vasc Surg 24:556-569
11. Yusuf SW, Whitaker SC, Chuter TA, et al. (1997) Early results of endovascular aortic aneurysm surgery with aortouniiliac graft, contralateral iliac occlusion, and femorofemoral bypass. J Vasc Surg 25:165-172
12. Wain RA, Marin ML, Okhi T, Sanchez LA, Lyon RT, Rozenblit A, Suggs WD, Yuan JG, Veith FJ (1998) Endoleaks after endovascular graft treatment of aortic aneurysms: Classification, risk factors, and outcome. J Vasc Surg 27:69-80
13. Thompson MM, Sayers RD, Nasim A, Boyle JR, Fishwick G, Bell PR (1997) Aortomonoiliac endovascular grafting: Difficult solutions to difficult aneurysms. J Endovasc Surg 4:174-181
14. Harris P, Brennan J, Martin J, et al. (1999) Longitudinal aneurysm shrinkage following endovascular aortic aneurysm repair: A source of intermediate and late complications. J Endovasc Surg 6:11-16
15. Parent FN 3rd, Godziachvili V, Meier GH 3rd, et al. (2002) Endograft limb occlusion and stenosis after ANCURE endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg 35:686-690
16. Carpenter JP (2004) Midterm results of the multicenter trial of the powerlink bifurcated system for endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg 40:849-859
17. Broeders IA BJ, Olree M, Mali W, Eikelboom BC (1997) Preoperative sizing of grafts for transfemoral endovascular aneurysm management: A prospective comparative study of spiral CT angiography, arteriography, and conventional CT imaging. J Endovasc Surg 4:252-261
18. Beebe HG, Kritpracha B, Serres S, Pigott JP, Price CI, Williams DM (2000) Endograft planning without preoperative arteriography: A clinical feasibility study. J Endovasc Ther 7:8-15
19. Bromley PJ, Kaufman JA (2001) Abdominal aortic aneurysms before and after endograft implantation: Evaluation by computed tomography. Techn Vasc Interv Radiol 4:15-26
20. Engellau L, Albrechtsson U, Dahlstrom N, Norgren L, Persson A, Larsson EM (2003) Measurements before endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms: MR imaging with MRA vs. angiography and CT. Acta Radiol 44:177-184
21. Kessel D, Robertson I, Scott J (eds) (2001) Imaging for endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR): Considerations, techniques and pitfalls. Section 15 Vascular and Endocascular Surgical Techniques, 4th ed. London: WB Saunders, pp 191-201
22. Sternbergh WC 3rd, Carter G, York JW, Yoselevitz M, Money SR (2002) Aortic neck angulation predicts adverse outcome with endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg 35:482-486
23. Santilli SM, Wernsing SE, Lee ES (2000) Expansion rates and outcomes for iliac artery aneurysms. J Vasc Surg 31:114-121
24. Wyers MC, Schermerhorn ML, Fillinger MF, et al. (2002) Internal iliac occlusion without coil embolization during endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. J Vasc Surg 36:1138-1145
25. Criado FJ, Wilson EP, Velazquez OC, et al. (2000) Safety of coil embolization of the internal iliac artery in endovascular grafting of abdominal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg 32:684-688
26. Hoffer EK, Nicholls SC, Fontaine AB, Glickerman DJ, Borsa JJ, Bloch RD (1999) Internal to external iliac artery stent-graft: A new technique for vessel exclusion. J Vasc Interv Radiol 10:1067-1073
27. Clarke MJ, Pimpalwar S, Wyatt MG, Rose JD (2001) Endovascular exclusion of bilateral common iliac artery aneurysms with preservation of internal iliac artery perfusion. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 22:559-562
28. Hinchliffe RJ, Goldberg J, Macsweeney ST (2004) A UK multi-centre experience with a second-generation endovascular stent-graft: Results from the Zenith Users Group. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 27:51-55
29. Alric P, Hinchliffe RJ, Picot MC, et al. (2003) Long-term renal function following endovascular aneurysm repair with infrarenal and suprarenal aortic stent-grafts. J Endovasc Ther 10:397-405
30. Greenberg RK, Haulon S, Lyden SP, et al. (2004) Endovascular management of juxtarenal aneurysms with fenestrated endovascular grafting. J Vasc Surg 39:279-287
31. Verhoeven EL, Prins TR, Tielliu IF, et al. (2004) Treatment of short-necked infrarenal aortic aneurysms with fenestrated stent-grafts: Short-term results. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 27:477-483
32. Bettex DA, Lachat M, Pfammatter T, Schmidlin D, Turina MI, Schmid ER (2001) To compare general, epidural and local anaesthesia for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 21:179-184
33. Lachat ML, Pfammatter T, Witzke HJ, et al. (2002) Endovascular repair with bifurcated stent-grafts under local anaesthesia to improve outcome of ruptured aortoiliac aneurysms. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 23:528-536
34. Verhoeven EL, Prins TR, van den Dungen JJ, Tielliu FF, Hulsebos RG, van Schilfgaarde R (2002) Endovascular repair of acute AAAs under local anesthesia with bifurcated endografts: A feasibility study. J Endovasc Ther 9:729-735
35. Brown LC, Epstein D, Manca A, Beard JD, Powell JT, Greenhalgh RM (2004) The UK EndoVascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) Trials: Design, methodology and progress. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 27:372-381
36. Thomas SM, Gaines PA, Beard JD (2001) Short-term (30-day) outcome of endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm: Results from the prospective Registry of Endovascular Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (RETA). Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 21:57-64
37. Peppelenbosch N, Buth J, Harris PL, Marrewijk CV (2004) Diameter of abdominal aortic aneurysm and outcome of endovascular aneurysm repair: Does size matter? A report from EUROSTAR. J Vasc Surg 39:288-297
38. Maher MM, McNamara AM, MacEneaney PM, Sheehan SJ, Malone DE (2003) Abdominal aortic aneurysms: Elective endovascular repair versus conventional surgery - evaluation with evidence-based medicine techniques. Radiology 228:647-658
39. Moore WS, Matsumura JS, Makaroun MS, et al. (2003) Five-year interim comparison of the Guidant bifurcated endograft with open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. J Vasc Surg 38:46-55
40. Matsumura JS, Brewster DC, Makaroun M, Naftel DC (2003) A multicenter controlled clinical trial of open versus endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm. J Vasc Surg 37:262-271
41. Criado FJ, Fairman RM, Becker GJ (2003) Talent LPS AAA stent graft: Results of a pivotal clinical trial. J Vasc Surg 37:709-715
42. Rutherford RB, Krupski WC (2004) Current status of open versus endovascular stent-graft repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. J Vasc Surg 39:1129-1139
43. Greenhalgh RM, Brown LC, Kwong GP, Powell JT, Thompson SG (2004) Comparison of endovascular aneurysm repair with open repair in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR trial 1), 30-day operative mortality results: Randomised controlled trial. Lancet 364:843-848
44. Prinssen M, Verhoeven EL, Buth J, et al. (2004) A randomized trial comparing conventional and endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. N Engl J Med 351:1607-1618
45. Drurry D (2004) A systematic review of the recent evidence for the safety and efficacy of elective endovascular repair in the management of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms. National Institute for Clinical Excellence. E-publication: http://www.nice.org.uk (accessed at 25 November 2004)
46. Blankensteijn JD, de Jong SE, Prinssen M, et al. (2005) Two-year outcomes after conventional or endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. N Engl J Med 352:2398-2405
47. EVAR Trial participants (2005) Endovascular aneurysm repair versus open repair in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR trial 1): Randomised controlled trial. Lancet 365:2179-2186
48. EVAR Trial participants (2005) Endovascular aneurysm repair and outcome in patients unfit for open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (EVAR trial 2): Randomised controlled trial. Lancet 365:2187-2192
49. Powell JT BL (2001) The natural history of abdominal aortic aneurysms and their risk of rupture. Adv Surg 35:173-185
50. Greenberg RK, Deaton D, Sullivan T, et al. (2004) Variable sac behavior after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: Analysis of core laboratory data. J Vasc Surg 39:95-101
51. Risberg B, Delle M, Eriksson E, Klingenstierna H, Lonn L (2001) Aneurysm sac hygroma: A cause of endotension. J Endovasc Ther 8:447-453
52. Cho JS, Dillavou ED, Rhee RY, Makaroun MS (2004) Late abdominal aortic aneurysm enlargement after endovascular repair with the Excluder device. J Vasc Surg 39:1236-1241; discussion 2141-2142
53. Gilling-Smith G, Brennan J, Harris P, Bakran A, Gould D, McWilliams R (1999) Endotension after endovascular aneurysm repair: Definition, classification, and strategies for surveillance and intervention. J Endovasc Surg 6:305-307
54. Thoo CH, Bourke BM, May J (2004) Symptomatic sac enlargement and rupture due to seroma after open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with polytetrafluoroethylene graft: Implications for endovascular repair and endotension. J Vasc Surg 40:1089-1094
55. Zarins CK, Bloch DA, Crabtree T, Matsumoto AH, White RA, Fogarty TJ (2003) Stent graft migration after endovascular aneurysm repair: Importance of proximal fixation. J Vasc Surg 38:1264-1272; discussion 72
56. Greenberg RK, Chuter TA, Sternbergh WC 3rd, Fearnot NE (2004) Zenith AAA endovascular graft: Intermediate-term results of the US multicenter trial. J Vasc Surg 39:1209-1218
57. England A, Butterfield JS, Jones N, et al. (2004) Device migration after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: Experience with a talent stent-graft. J Vasc Interv Radiol 15:1399-1405
58. Ivancev K, Malina M, Lindblad B, et al. (1997) Abdominal aortic aneurysms: Experience with the Ivancev-Malmo endovascular system for aortomonoiliac stent-grafts. J Endovasc Surg 4:242-251
59. Engellau L, Albrechtsson U, Norgren L, Larsson EM (2004) Long-term results after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms with the Stentor and Vanguard stent-graft. Acta Radiol 45:275-283
60. Holtham SJ, Rose JD, Jackson RW, Lees TA, Wyatt MG (2004) The Vanguard endovascular stent-graft: Mid-term results from a single centre. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 27:311-318
61. Fairman RM, Baum RA, Carpenter JP, Deaton DH, Makaroun MS, Velazquez OC; Phase II EVT Investigators (2002) Limb interventions in patients undergoing treatment with an unsupported bifurcated aortic endograft system: A review of the Phase II EVT Trial. J Vasc Surg 36:118-126
62. Verhoeven EL, Tielliu IF, Prins TR, et al. (2004) Frequency and outcome of re-interventions after endovascular repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm: A prospective cohort study. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 28:357-364
63. Harris PL, Vallabhaneni SR, Desgranges P, Becquemin JP, van Marrewijk C, Laheij RJ (2000) Incidence and risk factors of late rupture, conversion, and death after endovascular repair of infrarenal aortic aneurysms: The EUROSTAR experience. European Collaborators on Stent/graft Techniques for Aortic Aneurysm Repair. J Vasc Surg 32:739-749
64. Harris P (2004) The Eurostar EVAR vigilance message. In: Greenhalgh R (ed). Vascular and endovascular challenges. London: BIBA Publishing, pp 103-112
65. Cejna M, Loewe C, Schoder M, et al. (2002) MR angiography vs CT angiography in the follow-up of nitinol stent grafts in endoluminally treated aortic aneurysms. Eur Radiol 12:2443-2450
66. Ersoy H, Jacobs P, Kent CK, Prince MR (2004) Blood pool MR angiography of aortic stent-graft endoleak. AJR Am J Roentgenol 182:1181-1186
67. Ayuso JR, de Caralt TM, Pages M, et al. (2004) MRA is useful as a follow-up technique after endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms with nitinol endoprostheses. J Magn Reson Imaging 20:803-810
68. Matsumura JS, Ryu RK, Ouriel K (2001) Identification and implications of transgraft microleaks after endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg 34:190-197
69. Ellozy SH, Carroccio A, Lookstein RA, et al. (2004) First experience in human beings with a permanently implantable intrasac pressure transducer for monitoring endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg 40:405-412