Mid-Term Survival after Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair by Indication in the Medicare Population
- 3 October 2020
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Journal of the American College of Surgeons
- Vol. 232 (1), 46-53e2
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2020.09.011
Abstract
Background Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is indicated for treatment of aneurysms, dissections, and traumatic injury. We describe mid-term mortality and reintervention rates in Medicare beneficiaries undergoing TEVAR. Study design Patients who underwent TEVAR between 2006 and 2014 were identified by CPT codes in a 20% Medicare sample. Indication for aortic repair (aneurysm, dissection, trauma) was ascertained via ICD-9 codes. Follow-up was evaluated until 2015. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis and Cox regression were used to compare mortality, with reintervention and mortality rates expressed as a composite outcome in a hazard ratio with 95% confidence interval (hazard ratio [HR] 95% CI). Results There were 3,095 patients who underwent TEVAR during the study period: 1,465 (47%) for aneurysm, 1,448 (47%) for dissection, and 182 (5.9%) for trauma. Mean patient age was 74.4 years, and 44.5% were female. Median follow-up was 2.7 years. The overall 30-day, 1-year, and 5-year, and 8-year survival rates were 93%, 78%, 49%, and 33%, respectively. Thirty-day mortality was highest in traumatic indications, but overall mortality was highest in patients undergoing TEVAR for aneurysm. Freedom from combined reintervention and mortality at 30 days, 1 year, 5 years, and 8 years was 89%, 73%, 43%, and 29%, respectively. Reintervention was highest in patients undergoing TEVAR for dissection (12.8%), followed by aneurysm (10.0%) and trauma (5.5%). Advanced age (HR 1.03 per year, 95% CI 1.02–1.03), congestive heart failure (CHF) (HR 1.48, 95% CI 1.33–1.65), dementia (HR 1.40, 95% CI 1.14–1.28), and rupture (HR 1.38, 95% CI 1.24–1.54) were associated with mortality. Conclusions Midterm survival is lower in patients who undergo TEVAR for dissection and aneurysm compared with trauma. Aneurysmal disease, advanced age, CHF, dementia, and aortic rupture are associated with mortality and reintervention in TEVAR.Keywords
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