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Table 3 Outcomes

From: Outcomes and survival following thoracic endovascular repair in patients with aortic aneurysms limited to the descending thoracic aorta

Patient outcomes (n = 158)

 

30-day mortality

9 (5.6%)

 Percentage of 30-day mortalities undergoing urgent TEVAR

5 (55.6%)

 Respiratory failure

2 (1.3%)

 Aneurysmal hemorrhage

1 (0.6%)

 Cerebral hemorrhage

1 (0.6%)

 Hemoptysis caused by aortobronchial fistula

1 (0.6%)

 Unknown

4 (2.5%)

 Postoperative stroke

4 (2.5%)

 Spinal cord ischemia

0 (0)

 Technical success*

133 (91.0%)

Results from postoperative CTA (< 90 days, n = 144)

 

 Type Ia endoleak

8 (5.6%)

 Type Ib endoleak

4 (2.8%)

 Type II endoleak

32 (22.2%)

  From left subclavian artery

5 (3.5%)

  From bronchial/intercostal arteries

27 (18.8%)

 Type III endoleak

1 (0.7%)

Overall Survival

 

 One year

76.4% (70.0–83.3, SE 0.034%)

 Five years

52.9% (45.0–62.2, SE 0.043%)

 Ten years

26.8% (18.2–39.5, SE 0.053%)

Freedom of reintervention

 

 One year

80.0% (72.6–88.1, SE 0.039%)

 Five years

52.8% (41.4–67.4, SE 0.065%)

 Ten years

48.0% (35.3–65.3, SE 0.075%)

  1. Data is reported as Kaplan–Meier estimate (95%CI) or n(%), *Technical success definded as the intraoperative survival of the patient, no intraoperative need for conversion to open surgical therapy and the absence of type I and type III endoleaks in the postoperative CTA