CirculationPub Date : 2024-10-27DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.072370
Elric Zweck, Christian Hassager, Rasmus P Beske, Lisette O Jensen, Hans Eiskjær, Norman Mangner, Amin Polzin, P Christian Schulze, Carsten Skurk, Peter Nordbeck, Peter Clemmensen, Vasileios Panoulas, Sebastian Zimmer, Andreas Schäfer, Malte Kelm, Thomas Engstrøm, Lene Holmvang, Anders Junker, Henrik Schmidt, Christian J Terkelsen, Axel Linke, Ralf Westenfeld, Jacob E Møller
{"title":"Microaxial Flow Pump Use and Renal Outcomes in Infarct-Related Cardiogenic Shock - a Secondary Analysis of the DanGer Shock Trial.","authors":"Elric Zweck, Christian Hassager, Rasmus P Beske, Lisette O Jensen, Hans Eiskjær, Norman Mangner, Amin Polzin, P Christian Schulze, Carsten Skurk, Peter Nordbeck, Peter Clemmensen, Vasileios Panoulas, Sebastian Zimmer, Andreas Schäfer, Malte Kelm, Thomas Engstrøm, Lene Holmvang, Anders Junker, Henrik Schmidt, Christian J Terkelsen, Axel Linke, Ralf Westenfeld, Jacob E Møller","doi":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.072370","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.072370","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In the Danish-German Cardiogenic Shock (DanGer Shock) trial, use of a microaxial flow pump (mAFP) in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)-related CS led to lower all-cause mortality but higher rates of renal replacement therapy (RRT). In this prespecified analysis, rates and predictors of acute kidney injury (AKI) and RRT were assessed.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In this international, randomized, open label, multicenter trial, 355 adult patients with STEMI-CS were randomized to mAFP (N=179) or standard care alone (N=176). AKI was defined according to Risk, Injury, and Failure, sustained Loss and End-stage kidney disease (RIFLE) criteria and assessed using logistic regression models. Use of RRT was assessed accounting for the competing risk of death using Fine-Gray subdistribution hazard models.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>AKI (RIFLE≥1) was recorded in 110 patients (61%) in mAFP group and 79 (45%) in control group (p<0.01); RRT was used in 75 (42%) and 47 (27%) patients, respectively (p<0.01). About 2/3 of the RRTs were initiated within the first 24h from admission (n=48 (64%) in mAFP group, n=31 (66%) in control group). Occurrence of AKI and RRT were associated with higher 180-day mortality in both study arms. At 180 days, all patients alive were free of RRT. mAFP use was associated with higher rates of RRT, even when accounting for competing risk of death (subdistribution hazard: 1.67 [1.18-2.35]). This association was largely consistent among prespecified subgroups. Allocation to mAFP was associated with lower 180-day mortality irrespective of AKI or RRT (p=0.8 for interaction). Relevant predictors of AKI in both groups comprised reduced left ventricular ejection fraction, baseline kidney function, shock severity, bleeding events, and positive fluid balance. In addition, predictors of AKI specific to mAFP were suction events, higher pump speed, and longer duration of support.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Shock severity, allocation to mAFP, and device-related complications were associated with an increased risk of AKI. AKI was generally associated with higher mortality, but the allocation to mAFP consistently led to lower mortality rates at 180 days irrespective of the occurrence of AKI with or without RRT initiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142496242","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CirculationPub Date : 2024-10-27DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.072571
Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula
{"title":"End-Organ Injury and Failure: The True DanGer in Cardiogenic Shock.","authors":"Saraschandra Vallabhajosyula","doi":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.072571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.072571","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142496239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CirculationPub Date : 2024-10-27DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.072281
Michael J Foley, Christopher A Rajkumar, Fiyyaz Ahmed-Jushuf, Florentina Simader, Shayna Chotai, Henry Seligman, Krzysztof Macierzanka, John R Davies, Thomas R Keeble, Peter O'Kane, Peter Haworth, Helen Routledge, Tushar Kotecha, Gerald Clesham, Rupert Williams, Jehangir Din, Sukhjinder S Nijjer, Nick Curzen, Manas Sinha, Ricardo Petraco, James Spratt, Sayan Sen, Graham D Cole, Frank E Harrell, James P Howard, Darrel P Francis, Matthew J Shun-Shin, Rasha Al-Lamee
{"title":"Fractional Flow Reserve and Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio as Predictors of the Placebo-Controlled Response to Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Stable Coronary Artery Disease.","authors":"Michael J Foley, Christopher A Rajkumar, Fiyyaz Ahmed-Jushuf, Florentina Simader, Shayna Chotai, Henry Seligman, Krzysztof Macierzanka, John R Davies, Thomas R Keeble, Peter O'Kane, Peter Haworth, Helen Routledge, Tushar Kotecha, Gerald Clesham, Rupert Williams, Jehangir Din, Sukhjinder S Nijjer, Nick Curzen, Manas Sinha, Ricardo Petraco, James Spratt, Sayan Sen, Graham D Cole, Frank E Harrell, James P Howard, Darrel P Francis, Matthew J Shun-Shin, Rasha Al-Lamee","doi":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.072281","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.072281","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Placebo-controlled Trial of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Relief of Stable Angina (ORBITA-2) provided evidence for the role of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for angina relief in stable coronary artery disease (CAD). Fractional flow reserve (FFR) and instantaneous wave-free ratio (iFR) are often used to guide PCI, however their ability to predict placebo-controlled angina improvement is unknown.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants with angina, ischemia, and stable CAD were enrolled and antianginal medications were stopped. Participants reported angina episodes daily for 2 weeks using the ORBITA-app. At the research angiogram, FFR and iFR were measured. After sedation and auditory isolation, participants were randomized to PCI or placebo, before entering a 12-week blinded follow-up phase with daily angina reporting. The ability of FFR and iFR, analyzed as continuous variables, to predict the placebo-controlled effect of PCI, was tested using Bayesian proportional odds modelling.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Invasive physiology data were available in 279 patients (140 PCI and 139 placebo). The median (IQR) age was 65 years (59.0 to 70.5) and 223 (79.9%) were male. Median FFR was 0.60 (0.46 to 0.73) and median iFR was 0.76 (0.50 to 0.86). The lower the FFR or iFR, the greater the placebo-controlled improvement with PCI across all endpoints. There was strong evidence that a patient with an FFR at the lower quartile would have a greater placebo-controlled improvement in angina symptom score with PCI than a patient at the upper quartile (FFR 0.46 vs. 0.73: OR 2.01, 95% CrI 1.79 to 2.26, Pr(Interaction)>99.9%). Similarly, there was strong evidence that a patient with an iFR at the lower quartile would have a greater placebo controlled improvement in angina symptom score with PCI than a patient with an iFR at the upper quartile (iFR 0.50 vs. 0.86: OR 2.13, 95% CrI 1.87 to 2.45, Pr(Interaction) >99.9%). The relationship between benefit and physiology was seen in both Rose angina and Rose nonangina.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Physiological stenosis severity, as measured by FFR and iFR, predicts placebo-controlled angina relief from PCI. Invasive coronary physiology can be used to target PCI to those patients who are most likely to experience benefit.</p>","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142496240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CirculationPub Date : 2024-10-27DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069834
Remy Stieglis, Bas J Verkaik, Hanno L Tan, Rudolph W Koster, Hans van Schuppen, Christian van der Werf
{"title":"Association Between Delay to First Shock and Successful First-Shock Ventricular Fibrillation Termination in Patients With Witnessed Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.","authors":"Remy Stieglis, Bas J Verkaik, Hanno L Tan, Rudolph W Koster, Hans van Schuppen, Christian van der Werf","doi":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.069834","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who present with an initial shockable rhythm, a longer delay to the first shock decreases the probability of survival, often attributed to cerebral damage. The mechanisms of this decreased survival have not yet been elucidated. Estimating the probability of successful defibrillation and other factors in relation to the time to first shock may guide prehospital care systems to implement policies that improve patient survival by decreasing time to first shock.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients with a witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation (VF) as an initial rhythm were included using the prospective ARREST registry (Amsterdam Resuscitation Studies). Patient and resuscitation data, including time-synchronized automated external defibrillator and manual defibrillator data, were analyzed to determine VF termination at 5 seconds after the first shock. Delay to first shock was defined as the time from initial emergency call until the first shock by any defibrillator. Outcomes were the proportion of VF termination, return of organized rhythm, transportation with return of spontaneous circulation, and survival to discharge, all in relation to the delay to first shock. A Poisson regression model with robust standard errors was used to estimate the association between delay to first shock and outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 3723 patients, the proportion of VF termination declined from 93% when the delay to first shock was <6 minutes to 75% when that delay was >16 minutes (<i>P</i><sub>trend</sub><0.001). Every additional minute in VF from emergency call was associated with 6% higher probability of failure to terminate VF (adjusted relative risk, 1.06 [95% CI, 1.04-1.07]), 4% lower probability of return of organized rhythm (adjusted relative risk, 0.96 [95% CI, 0.95-0.98]), and 6% lower probability of surviving to discharge (adjusted relative risk, 0.94 [95% CI, 0.93-0.95]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Every minute of delay to first shock was associated with a significantly lower proportion of VF termination and return of organized rhythm. This may explain the worse outcomes in patients with a long delay to defibrillation. Reducing the time interval from emergency call to first shock to ≤6 minutes could be considered a key performance indicator of the chain of survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142496237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CirculationPub Date : 2024-10-23DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.124.070753
Johan O Wedin,Viktor Näslund,Sergey Rodin,Oscar E Simonson,Frank A Flachskampf,Stefan K James,Elisabeth Ståhle,Karl-Henrik Grinnemo
{"title":"Conduction Disturbances and Outcome After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Bicuspid and Tricuspid Aortic Stenosis.","authors":"Johan O Wedin,Viktor Näslund,Sergey Rodin,Oscar E Simonson,Frank A Flachskampf,Stefan K James,Elisabeth Ståhle,Karl-Henrik Grinnemo","doi":"10.1161/circulationaha.124.070753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circulationaha.124.070753","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDThis study aimed to compare the incidence and prognostic implications of new-onset conduction disturbances after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) aortic stenosis (AS) versus patients with tricuspid aortic valve (TAV) AS (ie, BAV-AS and TAV-AS, respectively). Additionally, the study included stratification of BAV patients according to subtype.METHODSIn this cohort study, the incidence of postoperative third-degree atrioventricular (AV) block with subsequent permanent pacemaker requirement and new-onset left bundle-branch block (LBBB) was investigated in 1147 consecutive patients without preoperative conduction disorder who underwent isolated SAVR (with or without ascending aortic surgery) between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2022. The groups were stratified by aortic valve morphology (BAV, n=589; TAV, n=558). The outcomes of interests were new-onset third-degree AV block or new-onset LBBB during the index hospitalization. The impact of new-onset postoperative conduction disturbances on survival was investigated in BAV-AS and TAV-AS patients during a median follow-up of 8.2 years. BAV morphology was further categorized according to the Sievers and Schmidtke classification system (possible in 307 BAV-AS patients) to explore association between BAV subtypes and new-onset conduction disturbances after SAVR.RESULTSThe overall incidence of third-degree AV block and new-onset LBBB after SAVR was 4.5% and 7.8%, respectively. BAV-AS patients had a higher incidence of both new-onset third-degree AV block (6.5% versus 2.5%; P=0.001) and new-onset LBBB (9.7% versus 5.7%; P=0.013) compared with TAV-AS patients. New-onset LBBB was associated with an increased all-cause mortality during follow-up (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.60 [95% CI, 1.12-2.30]; P=0.011), whereas new-onset third-degree AV block was not associated with worse prognosis. Subgroup analysis of the BAV cohort revealed that BAV-AS patients with fusion of the right- and non-coronary cusps had the highest risk of new-onset third-degree AV block (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 8.33 [95% CI, 3.31-20.97]; P<0.001, with TAV as reference group) and new-onset LBBB (aOR, 4.03 [95% CI, 1.84-8.82]; P<0.001, with TAV as reference group), whereas no significant association was observed for the other BAV subtypes.CONCLUSIONSNew-onset LBBB after SAVR is associated with increased all-cause mortality during follow-up, and is more frequent complication in BAV AS patients compared with TAV-AS patients. BAV-AS patients with fusion of the right- and non-coronary cusps have an increased risk for conduction disturbances after SAVR. This should be taken into consideration when managing these patients.","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":37.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142488264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CirculationPub Date : 2024-10-22Epub Date: 2024-10-21DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.071147
Frank W Sellke
{"title":"Bleeding After Cardiovascular Surgery: A Continuing Problem.","authors":"Frank W Sellke","doi":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.071147","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.071147","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11495651/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CirculationPub Date : 2024-10-22Epub Date: 2024-10-21DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.072090
Marc Ruel, James de Lemos, Michael Fischbein, Joseph A Hill
{"title":"Introduction to the 2024 Cardiovascular Surgery-Themed Issue of <i>Circulation</i>.","authors":"Marc Ruel, James de Lemos, Michael Fischbein, Joseph A Hill","doi":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.072090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.072090","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CirculationPub Date : 2024-10-22Epub Date: 2024-10-21DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.070477
Tara M Mastracci, Stéphan Haulon
{"title":"Progressive Understanding of Aortic Disease.","authors":"Tara M Mastracci, Stéphan Haulon","doi":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.070477","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.124.070477","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142459510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CirculationPub Date : 2024-10-22Epub Date: 2024-07-11DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.068587
Nikolaos Tsilimparis, Ryan Gouveia E Melo, Emanuel R Tenorio, Salvatore Scali, Bernardo Mendes, Sukgu Han, Marc Schermerhorn, Donald J Adam, Mahmoud B Malas, Mark Farber, Tilo Kölbel, Benjamin Starnes, George Joseph, Daniela Branzan, Frederic Cochennec, Carlos Timaran, Luca Bertoglio, Enrico Cieri, Luís Mendes Pedro, Fabio Verzini, Adam W Beck, Jesse Chait, Alyssa Pyun, Gregory A Magee, Nicholas Swerdlow, Maciej Juszczak, Andrew Barleben, Rohini Patel, Vivian C Gomes, Giuseppe Panuccio, Matthew P Sweet, Sara L Zettervall, Jean-Pierre Becquemin, Jennifer Canonge, Jésus Porras-Colón, Marina Dias-Neto, Antonino Giordano, Gustavo S Oderich
{"title":"Multicenter Study on Physician-Modified Endografts for Thoracoabdominal and Complex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.","authors":"Nikolaos Tsilimparis, Ryan Gouveia E Melo, Emanuel R Tenorio, Salvatore Scali, Bernardo Mendes, Sukgu Han, Marc Schermerhorn, Donald J Adam, Mahmoud B Malas, Mark Farber, Tilo Kölbel, Benjamin Starnes, George Joseph, Daniela Branzan, Frederic Cochennec, Carlos Timaran, Luca Bertoglio, Enrico Cieri, Luís Mendes Pedro, Fabio Verzini, Adam W Beck, Jesse Chait, Alyssa Pyun, Gregory A Magee, Nicholas Swerdlow, Maciej Juszczak, Andrew Barleben, Rohini Patel, Vivian C Gomes, Giuseppe Panuccio, Matthew P Sweet, Sara L Zettervall, Jean-Pierre Becquemin, Jennifer Canonge, Jésus Porras-Colón, Marina Dias-Neto, Antonino Giordano, Gustavo S Oderich","doi":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.068587","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.068587","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Physician modified endografts (PMEGs) have been widely used in the treatment of complex abdominal aortic aneurysm and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm, however, previous data are limited to small single center studies and robust data on safety and effectiveness of PMEGs are lacking. We aimed to perform an international multicenter study analyzing the outcomes of PMEGs in complex abdominal aortic aneurysms and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An international multicenter single-arm cohort study was performed analyzing the outcomes of PMEGs in the treatment of elective, symptomatic, and ruptured complex abdominal aortic aneurysms and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. Variables and outcomes were defined according to the Society for Vascular Surgery reporting standards. Device modification and procedure details were collected and analyzed. Efficacy outcomes included technical success and safety outcomes included major adverse events and 30-day mortality. Follow-up outcomes included reinterventions, endoleaks, target vessel patency rates and overall and aortic-related mortality. Multivariable analysis was performed aiming at identifying predictors of technical success, 30-day mortality, and major adverse events.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 1274 patients were included in the study from 19 centers. Median age was 74 (IQR, 68-79), and 75.7% were men; 45.7% were complex abdominal aortic aneurysms, and 54.3% were thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms; 65.5% patients presented electively, 24.6% were symptomatic, and 9.9% were ruptured. Most patients (83.1%) were submitted to a fenestrated repair, 3.6% to branched repair, and 13.4% to a combined fenestrated and branched repair. Most patients (85.8%) had ≥3 target vessels included. The overall technical success was 94% (94% in elective, 93.4% in symptomatic, and 95.1% in ruptured cases). Thirty-day mortality was 5.8% (4.1% in elective, 7.6% in symptomatic, and 12.7% in ruptured aneurysms). Major adverse events occurred in 25.2% of cases (23.1% in elective, 27.8% in symptomatic, and 30.3% in ruptured aneurysms). Median follow-up was 21 months (5.6-50.6). Freedom from reintervention was 73.8%, 61.8%, and 51.4% at 1, 3, and 5 years; primary target vessel patency was 96.9%, 93.6%, and 90.3%. Overall survival and freedom from aortic-related mortality was 82.4%/92.9%, 69.9%/91.6%, and 55.0%/89.1% at 1, 3, and 5 years.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>PMEGs were a safe and effective treatment option for elective, symptomatic, and ruptured complex aortic aneurysms. Long-term data and future prospective studies are needed for more robust and detailed analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":10331,"journal":{"name":"Circulation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":35.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141579139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}