Spirometry Results as a Determinant for Long-term Mortality after EVAR for AAA

Aortic Aneurysm


Preoperative Spirometry Results as a Determinant for Long-term Mortality after EVAR for AAA


Ohrlander T, Dencker M, Acosta S (Eksjö County Hosp, Sweden; Skäne Univ Hosp, Malmö, Sweden) Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 43:43–47, 2012§



B.W. Starnes, MD



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• D



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Abstract



Objectives


The aim of this study was to analyse lung function test determinants for long-term mortality after standard endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).



Design


Retrospective analysis.



Materials


Three-hundred and four consecutive patients treated electively with EVAR (Zenith® stent grafts, Cook) between May 1998 and February 2006 were prospectively enrolled in a computerised database.



Methods


The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases (GOLD) guideline was used to grade the severity of obstructive lung disease. Mortality was checked until 1 December 2010. Median follow-up time was 68 (interquartile range (IQR) 40–94) months.

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