Table 1.
Patients’ characteristics and preoperative measurements.
| All n = 54 |
bTEVAR n = 25 (46.3%) |
hTEVAR n = 29 (53.7%) |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients’ characteristics | ||||
| Age (years) | 78 (73–82) | 81 (76–84) | 77 (69–80) | 0.023 |
| Age ≥ 80 years, n (%) | 22 (40.7) | 15 (60.0) | 7 (24.1) | 0.007 |
| Female, n (%) | 12 (22.2) | 9 (36.0) | 3 (10.3) | 0.046 |
| Emergency, n (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Aortic pathologies | ||||
| Degenerative aortic aneurysm, n (%) | 49 (90.7) | 22 (88.0) | 27 (93.1) | 0.653 |
| Dissecting aortic aneurysm, n (%) | 5 (9.3) | 3 (12.0) | 2 (6.9) | 0.653 |
| Dissection with patent false lumen, n (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Medical history | ||||
| Cerebrovascular disease, n (%) | 12 (22.2) | 7 (28.0) | 5 (7.2) | 0.513 |
| Coronary artery disease, n (%) | 11 (20.4) | 7 (28.0) | 4 (13.8) | 0.310 |
| CKD stage ≥ 4, n (%) | 12 (22.2) | 6 (24.0) | 6 (20.7) | 0.771 |
| COPD, n (%) | 14 (25.9) | 12 (48.0) | 2 (6.9) | 0.001 |
| EF (%) | 66 (60–73) | 65 (59–72) | 68 (60–74) | 0.419 |
| Previous cardiovascular surgery, n (%) | 13 (24.1) | 10 (40.0) | 3 (10.3) | 0.023 |
| Prior median sternotomy, n (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 |
| Logistic Euro SCORE (%) | 32 (20–40) | 38 (34–56) | 21 (13–30) | <0.001 |
Data are represented as median (IQR: interquartile range). bTEVAR; branched TEVAR; hTEVAR; hybrid TEVAR; TEVAR: thoracic endovascular aortic repair; CKD: chronic kidney disease; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; EF: ejection fraction.