Revista Ciencias Biomédicas (Jan 2015)
EFFICACY OF THE ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT OF THE THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS IN CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA
Abstract
Introduction: The aortic aneurysms (AA) are a segmentary and permanent dilatation of the aorta that could end in a catastrophic outcome named acute aortic syndrome (AAS), which could curse with rupture and in most cases in death. The treatment of the AA pretends to prevent its rupture by means of resection and replacement of the aorta by a graft. In the last years, an endovascular management with protesis was done, excluding the circulation aneurysm. Objective: To describe the efficacy, in terms of survival and consequences prevention, of the treatment with stents in thoracic and abdominal AA in older than 50 years. Methods: An observational descriptive study was carried out, of a case series with diagnosis of AA who received endovascular treatment since January, 2012 to June, 2014 in the Clínica Madre Bernarda and Clínica San Juan de Dios in Cartagena, Colombia. Data was collected in a database with Excel™ and were analyzed with the statistical program EPIDAT 3.1. Results: In the period of study 26 patients were identified with diagnosis of thoracic and/or abdominal AA. 76.9% were men. The average age was 71 years with interquartile range between 55-77 years. The age group with highest frequency was 70-79 years with 11 cases (42.3%). The mortality associated to systemic complications after the intervention was 11%. The need of surgical reintervention to endoleak was 13.3% and sequels of paraplegia secondary to the intervention was not described. Conclusions: The endovascular treatment of thoracic and abdominal AA is an important therapeutic alternative. The results observed of the endovascular management of AA were similar to the published ones, as for complications and mortality. Rev.cienc. biomed. 2015;6(1):60-67 KEYWORDS Aortic aneurysm; Endovascular Procedures; Vascular Diseases; Vascular surgical procedures.
