Objective: Lifelong imaging follow-up remains the reference standard after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). Because the number of EVARs has been increasing, an individually optimized follow-up protocol is desirable. The aim of the present study was to investigate the possibility of creating such a protocol by evaluating patients' follow-up images and to compare the findings with their freedom from reintervention and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture.
Methods: From 2000 to 2010, 282 patients with an AAA had undergone elective EVAR with the Zenith stent-graft. The patients were followed up annually until the end of 2019. The patients were categorized into two groups according to the presence of any endoleak or sac shrinkage at 2 years. Group A included those with no detectable endoleak plus aneurysm sac shrinkage of ≥5 mm (n = 137; 63%), and group B included those with any type of endoleak and/or no significant aneurysm sac shrinkage (<5 mm; n = 82; 37%).
Results: The mean follow-up was 83 months (range, 0-229 months), and the overall survival at 2 years was 84% (n = 237). No significant difference was found in overall survival between groups A and B (P = .73). However, a significant difference was found in freedom from AAA rupture at 12 years, favoring group A (group A, 100%; group B, 91%; P = .002). Furthermore, in group A, the freedom from reintervention was 95% at 12 years compared with only 31% in group B (P < .001). The sensitivity of the categorization was 89% and the specificity was 74% for the finding of a complication requiring a reintervention during long-term follow-up.
Conclusions: Patients without an endoleak and a reduction of ≥5 mm in aneurysm size at 2 years had significantly fewer late reinterventions and ruptures during long-term follow-up compared with their counterparts using the Zenith stent-graft (Cook Medical, Bloomington, Ind). This finding suggests that, for these patients, the follow-up interval can be personalized and safely extended after 2 years.
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