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Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of study population

From: Structural failure in bridging stentgrafts for branched endovascular aneurysm repair: a case–control study

 

BSG failure from database (n = 12 patients)

BSG failure cohort single center (n = 6 patients)

Control cohort single center (n = 25 patients)

p (CI of difference)*

Mean age, y

67.25 (± 9.22)

61.73 (± 8.39)

71.84 (± 9.4)

0.022 (1.5; 18.7)

Male sex

10 (83.3%)

5 (83.3%)

15 (60%)

0.383

Comorbidities

    

 Hypertension

11 (91.7%)

5 (83.3%)

24 (96%)

0.355

 Hyperlipidemia

10 (83.3%)

6 (100%)

20 (80%)

0.553

 Diabetes mellitus II

3 (25%)

2 (33.3%)

7 (28%)

1.000

 Smoking

4 (33.3%)

2 (33.3%)

9 (36%)

1.000

 COPD

4 (33.3%)

2 (33.3%)

8 (32%)

1.000

 CKD

5 (41.7%)

3 (50%)

7 (28%)

0.358

 Atrial fibrillation

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

5 (20%)

0.553

 Heart failure

1 (8.3%)

0 (0%)

2 (8%)

1.000

 Cancer

1 (8.3%)

1 (16.7%)

5 (20%)

1.000

 Arterial disease

    

  Coronary

5 (41.7%)

3 (50%)

10 (40%)

0.676

  Peripheral

1 (8.3%)

0 (0%)

6 (24%)

0.309

  Central

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

6 (24%)

0.309

 Aortic surgery/intervention priorly

5 (41.7%)

3 (50%)

10 (40%)

1.000

Indication

    

TAAA, Crawford:

   

0.391

 I

1 (8.3%)

1 (16.7%)

2 (8%)

 

 II

4 (33.3%)

2 (33.3%)

6 (24%)

 

 III

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

 IV

5 (41.7%)

3 (50%)

15 (60%)

 

 V

2 (16.7%)

0 (0%)

2 (8%)

 

Mean aneurysm Ø, mm

71.00 (± 0.79)

72.33 (± 4.15)

66.12 (± 2.3)

0.247

Urgency

   

0.654

 Acute

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (4%)

 

 Urgent

2 (16.7%)

2 (33.3%)

4 (16%)

 

 Elective

10 (83.3%)

4 (66.7%)

20 (80%)

 

Index procedure

    

 Main body

   

1.000

  Jotec

11 (91.7%)

5 (83.3%)

20 (80%)

 

  Cook

1 (8.3%)

1 (16.7%)

5 (20%)

 

 Total br, n

44

23

85

 

 Mean br/pt

3.67 (± 0.65)

3.83 (± 0.41)

3.4 (± 0.96)

0.391

 Successful br, n

44

23

84

 

 Successful br/pt

3.67 (± 0.65)

3.83 (± 0.41)

3.36 (± 0.95)

0.314

 Religning, n

17

17

58

 

 Religning/pt

1.42 (± 1.78)

2.83 (± 1.47)

2.32 (± 1.52)

0.542

 Extensions, n

18

11

35

 

 Extensions/pt

1.50 (± 1.17)

1.83 (± 1.17)

1.40 (± 1.63)

0.339

 TAM, n

35

28

93

 

 TAM/pt

2.92 (± 2.47)

4.67 (± 2.16)

3.72 (± 2.30)

0.368 (− 3.1; 1.2)

Technical success of BSG

   

0.330

 Primary

10 (83.3%)

4 (66.7%)

22 (88%)

 

 Assisted

2 (16.7%)

2 (33.3%)

2 (8%)

 

Reintervention 30 days

3 (25%)

2 (33.3%)

7 (28%)

1.000

Aortic reintervention (prior to BSG failure)

7 (58.3%)

6 (100%)

9 (36%)

0.007

FU CT/Angiography, months

41.69 (± 26.06)

58.43 (± 26.54)

19.89 (± 34.43)

0.009

FU clinically, months

41.71 (± 26.07)

58.47 (± 26.55)

21.80 (± 34.30)

0.012

BSG related mortality

2 (16.7%)

2 (33.3%)

0 (0%)

0.032

  1. Br branches, BSG bridging stentgraft, CI confidence interval, CKD chronic kidney disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, CT computed tomography, FU follow-up, pt patient, TAAA thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm, TAM total additional material (religning + extensions)
  2. *Between single center cohorts (columns 2 and 3)