title: Chronic mesenteric ischemia outcome analysis and predictors of endovascular failure.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Outcomes of open revascularization (OR) and endovascular revascularization (ER) for chronic mesenteric ischemia (CMI) were analyzed to identify predictors of endovascular failure.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study was performed of all consecutive patients with CMI (161 patients, 215 vessels) treated from 2008 to 2012. Demographics, comorbidities, clinical presentation, etiology, and treatment modalities were compared. Outcomes included technical success, restenosis requiring reintervention, complications, mortality, and hospital length of stay.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 116 patients who were first treated with ER (72%) and 45 patients with OR (28%). Overall mortality was 6.8% (11/161). Among the ER patients, 27 developed restenosis and required OR (23%). Patients treated with ER were older (73 vs 66 years; P = .014), had similar comorbidities, and had higher rate of short lesions (≤2 cm) on preoperative angiograms (23% vs 47%; P = .004). Primary patency at 3 years was higher in the OR group compared with the ER group (91% vs 74%; P = .018). Long-term survival rates were higher in the ER group (95% vs 78%; P = .003). Hospital length of stay and intensive care unit length of stay were shorter in the ER group (<.001). Perioperative mortality (30-day) was not statistically significant between the groups (5.2% vs 11%; P = .165). A subgroup analysis was performed between the patients with successful ER and failure of ER requiring OR. Patients with failure of ER had significantly higher rates of aortic occlusive disease (86% vs 49%; P = .005) and long lesions ≥2 cm on angiography (57% vs 12%; P < .001) that were close to the mesenteric takeoff. Perioperative mortality was higher in the ER failure group (15% vs 2%; P = .009).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  ER has similar perioperative mortality and shorter hospitalization but higher rate of restenosis requiring reintervention compared with OR. Patients with ER who required reintervention appear to have longer lesions as well as higher rates of aortic occlusive disease on preoperative angiography. Patients who crossed over from ER to OR had higher perioperative mortality than either primary open or endovascular patients. These findings may guide treatment selection in patients with CMI undergoing ER or OR.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Vascular Health and Disease, Albany Medical College/Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY.
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Zacharias
authors.affiliation: Institute for Vascular Health and Disease, Albany Medical College/Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY.
authors.forename: Sammy D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Eghbalieh
authors.affiliation: Institute for Vascular Health and Disease, Albany Medical College/Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY.
authors.forename: Benjamin B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Institute for Vascular Health and Disease, Albany Medical College/Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY.
authors.forename: Paul B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Kreienberg
authors.affiliation: Institute for Vascular Health and Disease, Albany Medical College/Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY.
authors.forename: Sean P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Roddy
authors.affiliation: Institute for Vascular Health and Disease, Albany Medical College/Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY.
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Taggert
authors.affiliation: Institute for Vascular Health and Disease, Albany Medical College/Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY.
authors.forename: Yaron
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sternbach
authors.affiliation: Institute for Vascular Health and Disease, Albany Medical College/Albany Medical Center Hospital, Albany, NY. Electronic address: darlingc@albanyvascular.com.
authors.forename: R Clement
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Darling
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography; D002908:Chronic Disease; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D065666:Mesenteric Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012008:Recurrence; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013152:Splanchnic Circulation; D013997:Time Factors; D017211:Treatment Failure; D014654:Vascular Patency; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality