Follow-up outcomes of hybrid procedures for thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies with special focus on graft patency and late mortality

ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to analyze midterm results of bypass patency and overall and aortic-related mortality rates of hybrid aortic procedures for thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies.MethodsA retrospective study was performed considering prospectively collected data in two centers. From January 2001 to December 2012, 45 patients (33 men; mean age, 67.8 ± 7.6 years) received hybrid aortic procedures for thoracoabdominal aortic diseases (31 atherosclerotic aneurysms, 7 chronic expanding type B aortic dissections, 2 penetrating aortic ulcers, and 5 pseudoaneurysms), corresponding to 155 revascularized visceral abdominal arteries. Elective/emergency and staged/simultaneous approaches were 31 of 14 and 28 of 17, respectively. Patient demographics, clinical risk factors, and aortic morphological and procedural data were collected. End points were technical success, 30-day morbidity, reintervention and mortality, bypass graft patency, freedom from reintervention, and overall and aortic-related mortality during midterm follow-up. Mean follow-up was 2.2 ± 2.4 years.ResultsTechnical success was achieved in 86.6% (39/45) of patients. Thirty-day morbidity rate was 60% (paraplegia/paraparesis: 13.3%, stroke: 6.7%, renal failure: 31.3%, permanent dialysis: 4.4%). Thirty-day freedom from reintervention rates were 67.1% and 78.5%, respectively. Thirty-day occlusion of revascularized visceral vessels occurred in 11 (7.1%, 11/155) target arteries. In-hospital mortality rate was 24.4%. Primary graft patency after 1, 2, and 4 years was 89.7%, 85.3%, and 79%, respectively. Bypass thrombosis or stenosis developed in nine (6.8%, 9/132) vessels during follow-up. Of these, three patients required reintervention and one died. Freedom from reintervention rates after 1, 2, and 4 years were 45.6%, 45.6%, and 34.2%, respectively. Overall and aortic-related mortality rates after 1, 2, and 4 years were 32.6%, 41.4%, and 45.3% and 9.1%, 13.9%, and 13.9%, respectively.ConclusionsA hybrid procedure for thoracoabdominal aortic pathologies in high-risk patient is feasible but carries a significant rate of early and midterm reintervention and death. Long-term surveillance of the visceral bypass is necessary because one-third of the patients will have bypass-related complications.