Endovascular intervention of aortoiliac occlusive disease in high-risk patients using the kissing stents technique: long-term results.
Endovascular intervention deploying a kissing stents (KS) technique has been used as an alternative to surgical intervention in treating symptomatic aortoiliac occlusive disease. However, the long-term results on high-risk patients are unknown. We retrospectively analyzed data on high-risk patients who underwent endovascular intervention using the KS technique at our institution. Fifty high-risk patients aged 62 +/- 6.4 years with severe aortoiliac stenosis underwent stent-supported angioplasty using the KS technique. Thirty percent of the patients had total occlusion of the distal aorta and/or the iliac arteries. Twelve patients received thrombolytics prior to stenting. The procedure was successful in all 50 patients. There was a 4% acute complication rate (distal embolization). However, there were no vascular complications, myocardial infarction, or perioperative death. Primary patency during follow-up of 20 +/- 12.3 months was 92%, while secondary patency rate was 100%. Amputation-free survival was 100%. Ninety-two percent remained free of lifestyle-limiting claudication.
Milwaukee Heart Institute, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53233, USA. mouatou.mouanoutoua@aurora.org
Mouatou
M
Mouanoutoua
Rajesh
R
Maddikunta
Suhail
S
Allaqaband
Anjan
A
Gupta
Yoseph
Y
Shalev
Ramagopal
R
Tumuluri
Tanvir
T
Bajwa
D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D015607:Stents; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013995:Time; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency / Q000502:physiology; D014922:Wisconsin