XXXX at high surgical risk: the endovascular approach.

@entity1 @entity697 @entity1755 @entity1070 @entity301 @entity944 @entity2334 @entity439 @entity397 @entity451 @entity204 @entity34
AIMS: @entity697 ( @entity697 ) still represent life-threatening conditions. The aim of this study was to describe our experience in the management of @entity1 (pts) with @entity697 and to evaluate the safety and feasibility of @entity34 ( @entity34 ) in high surgical risk @entity1 . METHODS AND RESULTS: One hundred and four @entity1 underwent @entity34 . We selected 56 pts with @entity697 : 17 complicated type B aortic dissections, five traumatic @entity1755 at the isthmus, 11 @entity439 and 23 pts with large AAA with impending @entity397 . All these pts were at high surgical risk because of their comorbidities and/or their emergency situation. They were clinically followed during hospitalisation and they underwent a 2 mm-interval CT-scan two weeks, six and 12 months after discharge and every year after. @entity204 , @entity451 , open surgical conversion did not occur. Two pts underwent a successful secondary @entity34 for @entity1070 . One @entity1 with @entity2334 died of septic shock from pneumonia 78 days after discharge and two pts with AAA suffering from a severe three-vessel @entity301 experienced @entity944 at one year follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: @entity34 seems to be a safe and effective therapeutic option with good short- and midterm results in @entity1 with @entity697 at high surgical risk. Thus, it can be considered as a less-invasive alternative in @entity1 considered otherwise unsuitable for conventional surgery, even though a careful, continued follow-up is still necessary to confirm the long-term safety and effectiveness of @entity34 in @entity697 .
