Long-Term Outcomes of the Covered Endovascular Reconstruction of the Aortic Bifurcation (CERAB) Technique in Patients With Aorto-Iliac Occlusive Disease.

Background: The Covered Endovascular Reconstruction of the Aortic Bifurcation (CERAB) reconstruction is an endovascular technique, developed to reconstruct the aortic bifurcation in the most optimal anatomical and physiological manner. Short-term data were promising, but long-term data are still lacking. The objective was to report the long-term outcomes of CERAB for extensive aorto-iliac occlusive disease and to identify predictors for loss of primary patency.

Predictors of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Shrinkage after Endovascular Repair.

Recent studies demonstrate that patients with a shrinking abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), one-year after endovascular repair (EVAR), have better long-term outcomes than patients with a stable AAA. It is not known what factors determine whether an AAA will shrink or not. In this study, a range of parameters was investigated to identify their use in differentiating patients that will develop a shrinking AAA from those with a stable AAA one-year after EVAR.

A systematic review of anatomic predictors of abdominal aortic aneurysm remodeling after endovascular repair.

Objective: The long-term outcomes after endovascular abdominal aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) have been inferior to those after open surgical repair with regard to reinterventions and late mortality. AAA sac remodeling after EVAR has been associated with endoleaks, reinterventions, and mortality. Therefore, knowledge of the predictors of AAA sac remodeling could indirectly give insight into the long-term EVAR outcomes.