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Surgery for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: early and late results of a prospective study by the AURC in 1989.

Abstract
This study determines the early and late survival rates, the causes of death, and prognostic variables that are associated with early and late survival after for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). These are based on the prospective analysis of 628 variables of data on 158 consecutive patients in 24 centers of our association in 1989. Patients were followed up for a mean of 42.1 +/- 21.0 months. Six patients were lost to follow-up. To identify the variables that were associated with early and late survival, statistical methods included logistic regression analysis, Kaplan-Meier analysis, and Cox regression analysis. The survival rate was 52.9% +/- 14.4% at 1 month, 48.8% +/- 15.8% at 1 year, 48.1% +/- 16.0 at 2 years, 40.3 +/- 19.2% at 3 years, and 35.0 +/- 21.8 at 4 years. The cause of the 73 (46.2%) early deaths were cardiac (33), hemorrhage (29), colonic necrosis (5), stroke (2), graft infection (2), pneumonia (1), and kidney failure (1). Significant predictors of early death were the presence of a common iliac aneurysm (p < 0.02), the age of the patient (p < 0.02), a previous history of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) (p < 0.04), a bifurcated graft (p < 0.04), a saccular aneurysm (p < 0.06), the blood creatinine level (p < 0.06), and hypotension on admission (p < 0.06). The causes of the 28 (17.7%) late deaths were heart disease (11), cancer (8), stroke (3), another operation (3), graft infection (1), pneumonia (1), and Alzheimer disease (1). Significant predictors of late death were heavy smoking (p < 0.03) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (p < 0.07). Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm remains a catastrophic event. Even after a successful cure of a ruptured AAA, cardiovascular causes of death are responsible for survival rates that are significantly lower than that in a matched nonaneurysmal population.
AuthorsF Koskas, E Kieffer
JournalAnnals of vascular surgery (Ann Vasc Surg) Vol. 11 Issue 1 Pg. 90-9 (Jan 1997) ISSN: 0890-5096 [Print] Netherlands
PMID9061146 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study)
Topics
  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal (mortality, surgery)
  • Aortic Rupture (mortality, surgery)
  • Cause of Death
  • Comorbidity
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Prognosis
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Prospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Survival Analysis
  • Survival Rate
  • Time Factors

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