{"title":"Branched Endograft Collapse after Type A Aortic Dissection: A Lethal Non-reported Complication.","authors":"Ferran Pla Sanchez, Guido Volo Perez","doi":"10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55160,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142402059","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}
Enrico Gallitto, Gianluca Faggioli, Andrea Vacirca, Emanuel R Tenorio, Bernardo C Mendes, Marcello Lodato, Antonio Cappiello, Jesse Chait, Gustavo S Oderich, Mauro Gargiulo
{"title":"Hybrid Stent Graft Technique in Bridging Hostile Renal Arteries in Thoracoabdominal Branched Endografting.","authors":"Enrico Gallitto, Gianluca Faggioli, Andrea Vacirca, Emanuel R Tenorio, Bernardo C Mendes, Marcello Lodato, Antonio Cappiello, Jesse Chait, Gustavo S Oderich, Mauro Gargiulo","doi":"10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Patency of target arteries is crucial for fenestrated and branched endovascular aortic repair (F/B-EVAR) in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs). Occlusions more frequently occur in renal arteries (RAs) than in coeliac and superior mesenteric arteries, especially in patients with hostile anatomy treated by BEVAR. This study aimed to report RA outcomes using a hybrid bridging stent graft technique with distal self expandable (SE) combined with proximal balloon expandable (BE) stent graft during BEVAR with hostile RA anatomies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Clinical data from consecutive patients treated for TAAA by F/B-EVAR in three aortic centres (two in the USA, one in Europe) from 2016 to 2022 were prospectively collected. Renal artery orientation was defined as hostile in case of upward (type B) or downward + upward (type D) orientation. Hostile RAs accommodated by BEVAR and combination of SE + BE stent grafts were retrospectively evaluated. Intra-operative RA related complications, technical success, and branch occlusions were assessed as early outcomes. Primary and secondary RA patency, freedom from RA related re-interventions, and freedom from RA instability were assessed during follow up.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 584 TAAAs managed by F/B-EVAR, 83 patients (14.2%) had 125 hostile RAs (type B, 45.6%; type D, 54.4%) managed by BEVAR with hybrid SE + BE stent grafts. Intra-operative complications occurred in three RAs (2.4%), including two dissections and one disconnection, all successfully managed with additional stent. Technical success was achieved in all cases, with no RA occlusions at 30 days. The median follow up was 21 (interquartile range 4, 38) months. Estimated three year RA primary patency was 97 ± 2%. Re-interventions were performed in five RAs (4.0%), including two RA branch embolisations for bleeding, two catheter thrombectomies with stent relining (bilateral occlusion in one patient), and one revision of type Ic endoleak. Freedom from RA related re-interventions and RA instability was 95 ± 2% and 91 ± 3% at three years, respectively. Renal artery secondary patency was 99 ± 1% at three years.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In hostile RA anatomies, a combination of distal SE and proximal BE stent grafts as bridging stenting in BEVAR is safe and effective, with low rates of occlusion, re-interventions, and branch instability at midterm follow up.</p>","PeriodicalId":55160,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142407226","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}
Patrik Söderberg, Anders Wanhainen, Sverker Svensjö
{"title":"Optimising Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening of 65 Year Old Men by Exploring Risk Factor Based Targeted Screening Strategies in Light of Declining Prevalence of the Disease.","authors":"Patrik Söderberg, Anders Wanhainen, Sverker Svensjö","doi":"10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>A decline in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) prevalence calls into question the credibility of general population screening of 65 year old men. Selectively targeting high risk individuals among this group could be more effective in preventing death from AAA rupture. This cross sectional study analysed risk factor data in a cohort of 65 year old men screened in the Swedish general population based AAA screening program, with the aim of exploring the effectiveness of hypothetical targeted screening strategies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>All men attending AAA screening in four neighbouring counties in Sweden between 2006 and 2010 completed a health questionnaire on smoking habits and medical history. Abdominal aortic aneurysm was defined as measuring ≥ 30 mm. The sensitivity and specificity of different targeted screening strategies, with targeted subpopulations defined by duration of smoking with and without additional risk factors, were explored using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 16 232 men were screened, with 236 (1.5%) screening detected AAAs. A strategy combining smoking, presence of coronary artery disease (CAD), or both was associated with the mathematically optimal balance between sensitivity and specificity (optimal threshold) in the ROC analysis. The optimal threshold corresponded to targeting men having smoked for thirty years or more, a history of CAD, or both, where 74.0% of all AAAs could be detected by screening 33.0% of the population, compared with general screening. Targeting men that have smoked for ten years or more indicated that 84.0% of all AAAs could be detected by screening 55.0% of the population. A simplified strategy of targeting ever smokers resulted in detecting 85.0% of all AAAs by screening 61.0% of the population.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Targeted screening of men at high risk of AAA, focusing on smoking history for inclusion, may be a safe and effective alternative to general population screening.</p>","PeriodicalId":55160,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142407227","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}
Houman Jalaie, Mohammad E Barbati, Long Piao, Suat Doganci, Nils Kucher, Mert Dumantepe, Olivier Hartung, Michael Lichtenberg, Stephen Black, Gerard O'Sullivan, Efthymios D Avgerinos, Alun Davies, Mahmood K Razavi
{"title":"Prognostic Value of a Classification System for Iliofemoral Stenting in Patients with Chronic Venous Obstruction.","authors":"Houman Jalaie, Mohammad E Barbati, Long Piao, Suat Doganci, Nils Kucher, Mert Dumantepe, Olivier Hartung, Michael Lichtenberg, Stephen Black, Gerard O'Sullivan, Efthymios D Avgerinos, Alun Davies, Mahmood K Razavi","doi":"10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This retrospective, multicentre study aimed to assess the prognostic value of a proposed classification system for chronic venous obstruction (CVO) patients undergoing successful interventional procedures.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study analysed data from 13 vascular centres, including 1 033 patients with CVO treated between 2015 - 2019. The patients were classified into five category types: 1 - non-thrombotic iliac vein lesion; 2 - CVO of iliac segment; 3 - CVO of iliofemoral segment above common femoral vein confluence; 4 - CVO of iliofemoral segment extending into the femoral vein (FV) or deep femoral vein (DFV); and 5 - CVO of iliofemoral segment involving both DFV and FV. Stent deployment, complications, and follow ups were evaluated. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify predictors of primary patency loss.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean age of the patients was 44.0 ± 14.7 years, with 59.9% being women. A median of two stents were used for unilateral cases and five stents for bilateral cases. At 12 months of follow up, primary patency rates for types 1 - 5 were 94.9%, 90.3%, 80.8%, 60.6%, and 39.4%, respectively. These rates were strongly correlated with the extension of CVO and showed significant differences between each type. Univariate analysis identified predictors of primary patency loss as the type of CVO, history of deep vein thrombosis, and the total number of stents. In the multivariate analysis, the significant independent predictors of primary patency loss were the type of CVO and the total number of stents.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The proposed anatomical classification of iliofemoral CVO will help to predict intervention outcomes and facilitate comparison of stent outcomes in future studies. However, further evaluation and validation in prospective studies are needed to confirm the utility of this classification.</p>","PeriodicalId":55160,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142407228","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}
Gert J de Borst, Jonathan Boyle, Florian Dick, Stavros K Kakkos, Kevin Mani, Joseph L Mills, Martin Björck
{"title":"European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Publication Standards for Reporting Vascular Surgical Research.","authors":"Gert J de Borst, Jonathan Boyle, Florian Dick, Stavros K Kakkos, Kevin Mani, Joseph L Mills, Martin Björck","doi":"10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Manuscripts submitted to the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (EJVES) often contain shortcomings in baseline scientific principles and incorrectly applied methodology. Consequently, the editorial team is forced to offer post hoc repair in an attempt to support the authors to improve their manuscripts. This repair could theoretically have been prevented by providing more clear definitions and reporting standards to serve researchers when planning studies and eventually writing their manuscripts. Therefore, here we summarise the general principles for EJVES reporting standards.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>These reporting standards did not follow a systematic approach but reflect the common opinion of the current senior and section editors team. This team decided to only include recommendations regarding the most common pathologies in vascular surgery in this first edition of reporting standards, namely carotid artery disease, abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD), and chronic venous disease. In future editions, we plan to expand the areas of research.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We present (1) a common set of minimum but required reporting standards applicable to every report, e.g., patient characteristics, study design, treatment environment, selection criteria, core outcomes of interventions such as 30 day death and morbidity, and measures for completeness of data including outcome information, and (2) a common set of minimum reporting standards for four vascular areas.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The editors of the EJVES propose universally accepted definitions and reporting standards for carotid artery disease, AAA, PAOD, and chronic venous disease. This will enable the development of a convincing body of evidence to aid future clinical practice guidelines and drive clinical practice in the right direction. These first ever publication and reporting standards for EJVES aim to improve future research in our journal.</p>","PeriodicalId":55160,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142407225","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}
{"title":"New Territory Unlocked: Crossing the Mechanical Aortic Valve During Endovascular Aortic Arch Repair.","authors":"Peter Legeza, Kevin Mani","doi":"10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.007","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55160,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142402061","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}
Rob Hainsworth, Martin Eden, Jonathan Ghosh, Vivak Hansrani, Steven Rogers, Charles McCollum, Gabriel Rogers, Katherine Payne
{"title":"Detection and Coil Embolisation of Pelvic Venous Incompetence for Chronic Pain in the Female Pelvis: A Development Phase Economic Analysis.","authors":"Rob Hainsworth, Martin Eden, Jonathan Ghosh, Vivak Hansrani, Steven Rogers, Charles McCollum, Gabriel Rogers, Katherine Payne","doi":"10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.09.041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.09.041","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Unexplained chronic pain in the female pelvis (CPFP) affects 7% of people indicating female sex in the UK. Evidence suggests that pelvic venous incompetence (PVI) could explain CPFP and that coil embolisation could provide relief. The aims of this study were to indicate (1) the cost effectiveness of detecting and treating PVI in people experiencing unexplained CPFP, and (2) the maximum value of further research, suggesting suitable areas.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A decision tree compared standard care (regular prescribed analgesia) with an intervention comprising transvaginal duplex ultrasound to screen for PVI, venography to confirm the diagnosis, and coil embolisation treatment. The population was people experiencing unexplained CPFP. A UK National Health Service perspective and 2021 - 22 price year were used. Ten years of health costs and health related quality of life (HRQoL) effects for eligible 40 year olds were simulated. Evidence reviews informed diagnostic accuracy, health service usage, and unit costs. A single centre randomised controlled trial informed all other parameters. Probabilistic analysis incorporated parameter uncertainty in cost effectiveness estimates. Deterministic sensitivity analysis indicated drivers of uncertainty. Value of information methods measured the value of eliminating all relevant uncertainties, given uptake predictions. The main outcome measures were incremental cost and quality adjusted life years (QALYs) for the intervention compared with analgesia, the incremental cost effectiveness ratio (ICER), and expected value of perfect information.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The mean ICER for the intervention was £4 558/QALY gained, and the probability that the ICER was within the UK cost effectiveness threshold (£20 000/QALY gained) was 90%. The expected value of perfect information about all model parameters was £46 M. All deterministic sensitivity analysis scenarios met the threshold, except the smallest plausible HRQoL effect of (resolving) CPFP.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Detecting and treating PVI causing CPFP appears cost effective, but more primary research would be valuable to reduce decision uncertainty. Uncertainty in the HRQoL estimate for unexplained CPFP appeared to contribute most to decision uncertainty.</p>","PeriodicalId":55160,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142402060","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}
{"title":"Anatomic Barriers: The Suitability Crisis of Iliac Branch Devices for East Asian Patients.","authors":"Ryan Gouveia E Melo, Paolo Spath","doi":"10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55160,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142402058","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}
{"title":"Slim Fit Off the Shelf Branched Endografts: The New Fashion?","authors":"Martin Teraa, Vincent Jongkind","doi":"10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.10.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55160,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142402062","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}
{"title":"Enhancing the Reliability of Popliteal Artery Aneurysm Treatment Outcomes: A Critical Review of the PARADE Study.","authors":"Shiwei Xie, Lei Xu, Mingwei Luo","doi":"10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.09.039","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.09.039","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55160,"journal":{"name":"European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":5.7,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142395458","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}