Does aortic main body remodeling correlate with bridging stent-graft remodeling and instability after branched endovascular aortic repair?
Aortic main body remodeling correlates with bridging stent-graft remodeling after branched endovascular repair, highlighting the need for long-term follow-up to predict potential stent-graft failures despite stability at one year.
Aortic main body remodeling is frequent especially in large and extended thoracoabdominal aneurysm aneurysms. Aortic main body and bridging stent-graft remodeling was significantly correlated. While these geometric changes had no significant impact on bridging stent-graft instability at one year, a close long-term follow-up after branched endovascular repair could predict bridging stent-graft failures.
Fazzini et al. (2020) studied this question.