OBJECTIVE: @entity439 repair (EVAR) becomes the treatment of choice for patients with @entity1028 ( @entity1028 ). @entity196 or III endoleak is related to high risk of @entity397 and reintervention but little is known about the delayed presentation of these. We sought to evaluate the delayed type I or III endoleak after EVAR and assess the early morphological portending factors. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed a database of 249 patients who underwent endovascular repair with a Zenith @entity1028 stent graft (Cook Medical, Bloomington, Ind) in a single institute from October 2005 to December 2013. Age, @entity439 size, angulation, tortuosity index, and follow-up evaluations were recorded and analyzed. Patients having <1 year of follow-up were excluded. RESULTS: One hundred and eighteen patients were included in this study. There was no delayed type @entity1070 . Ten patients (9.3%) were found to have a delayed type @entity1070 . The mean diagnosis time was 49.1 months (range, 22-91 months) after EVAR. All of them were treated with endovascular repair except one had combined open revision. Three of the patients (30%) with delayed @entity1070 presented with a @entity1756 and two of them (20%) died after reintervention. Postoperative tortuosity index was found to be the most significant morphological factor associated with increased risk of type @entity1070 . CONCLUSIONS: @entity1070 was not rare in our study population and were found to have a high risk of @entity397 and mortality. @entity439 tortuosity is associated with increased risk of @entity1070 and postoperative tortuosity index can be an indicator in the early period of follow-up.

The Impact of Aortic Tortuosity on Delayed XXXX or III Endoleak after Endovascular Aortic Repair.

@entity1070 :: ('MESH:D057867', 'Disease') :: ['endoleaks', 'Ia endoleak', 'Ib or III endoleak', 'Delayed type Ib or III endoleak'] @entity196 :: ('MESH:D020754', 'Disease') :: ['Type I'] @entity397 :: ('MESH:D012421', 'Disease') :: ['rupture'] @entity439 :: ('MESH:D000783', 'Disease') :: ['aneurysm', 'Aneurysm', 'Endovascular aneurysm'] @entity1028 :: ('MESH:D017544', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal aortic aneurysm', 'AAA'] @entity1756 :: ('MESH:D017542', 'Disease') :: ['ruptured aneurysm']
@entity196 :: (MESH:D020754,Disease) :: ['Type I']
