Midterm results of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: comparison of instruction-for-use (IFU) cases and non-IFU cases

• Published in: Japanese journal of radiology Vol. 31; no. 9; pp. 585 - 592
• Main Authors: Nakai, Motoki, Sato, Morio, Sato, Hirotatsu, Sakaguchi, Hinako, Tanaka, Fumihiro, Ikoma, Akira, Sanda, Hiroki, Nakata, Kouhei, Minamiguchi, Hiroki, Kawai, Nobuyuki, Sonomura, Tetsuo, Nishimura, Yoshiharu, Okamura, Yoshitaka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 01.09.2013; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Angiography, Digital Subtraction - methods; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - surgery; Blood Vessel Prosthesis; Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation - instrumentation; Contrast Media; Endoleak - diagnostic imaging; Endovascular Procedures - methods; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Imaging; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Nuclear Medicine; Original Article; Prosthesis Design; Radiation Dosage; Radiographic Image Enhancement - methods; Radiology; Radiotherapy; Risk Assessment - methods; Survival Analysis; Tomography, Spiral Computed - methods; Treatment Outcome; Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair; Adverse events; Midterm results; Endoleak; Abdominal aortic aneurysm

Purpose To investigate the midterm results of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) and compare the endoleak (EL) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) prognoses between instruction-for-use (IFU) patients and non-IFU patients. Materials and methods Of 124 patients (104 men, 20 women; mean age 76.2 y...