Table III.
Patient characteristics, presentation, region of aortic disease, operative details, and mortality (patients 14–25)
| Patient No. |
Age, years |
Sex | Presentation | Region(s) of aortic disease |
AAA disease |
Additional operative imaging |
Stent graft | Postoperative complications |
Mortality |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 49 | M | Ischemic lower extremity | Infrarenal | None | None | Zenith extender limb | Sigmoid colectomy for ischemic bowel | Death at 359 days (AML) |
| 15 | 62 | F | Blue toe syndrome | Arch thoracic infrarenal | None | IVUS | TAG (proximal) ×2 Excluder Ao extender ×2 | None | Alive |
| 16 | 87 | M | Incidental finding | Thoracic infrarenal | <5.5 cm | None | TAG Excluder bifurcated graft | None | Alive |
| 17 | 69 | F | Left flank pain | Thoracic | None | TEE | TAG | None | Death at 111 days (pulmonary fibrosis) |
| 18 | 60 | M | Incidental finding | Thoracic | None | IVUS | TAG | Epistaxis, LGIB | Alive |
| 19 | 55 | M | Blue toe syndrome | Thoracic infrarenal | None | IVUS | TAG Protégé (iliac) | Groin wound seroma | Alive |
| 20 | 56 | F | Ischemic lower extremity | Infrarenal | None | None | Excluder iliac extender | None | Alive |
| 21 | 73 | F | Blue toe syndrome | Infrarenal | None | None | Excluder iliac extender | None | Alive |
| 22 | 65 | F | Incidental finding | Thoracic | None | TEE | TAG | None | Alive |
| 23 | 64 | F | Ischemic lower extremity | Thoracic | None | TEE | TAG | ESRD, dialysis | Death at 75 days (bladder necrosis) |
| 24 | 53 | F | Abdominal pain | Thoracic | None | None | TAG | None | Alive |
| 25 | 52 | F | Abdominal pain | Thoracic | None | None | Zenith TX2 | None | Alive |
Abd, Abdominal; AKI, acute kidney injury; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; Ao, aorta; BKA, below-knee amputation; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; IVUS, intravascular ultrasound; LGIB, lower gastrointestinal bleed; PE, pulmonary embolism; TEE, transesophageal echocardiogram.