The effect and usefullness of yearly standardised imaging surveillance in patients that underwent endovascular repair of an asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm, imaging surveillance, endovacular aortic repairAbdominaal aorta aneurysma, standaard beeldvorming, endovasculaire aorta ingreep
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON28430
- Lead Sponsor
- Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 1997
Inclusion Criteria
Age above 17 years
- Patients that underwent EVAR between 2007 and 2012
Exclusion Criteria
- Connective tissue disease
- Patients that objected to their retrospective data being used
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method the main outcome parameters are reinterventions and survival stratified for patients with and without yearly imaging surveillance during 6-11 years follow-up (in patient with a normal initial postoperative CTA)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - To assess type I, type II, type III and type IV endoleak, graft or outflow (iliac) occlusion, aneurysm rupture, endograft infection stratified for patients with complete and incomplete yearly standardised imaging surveillance (and a normal initial postoperative CTA).<br /><br>-To assess reintervention free survival stratified for patients with complete and incomplete yearly standardised imaging surveillance (and a normal initial postoperative CTA).<br /><br>- To assess if there is a difference in the number of patients with aneurysm rupture <br>stratified for patients with complete and incomplete yearly standardised imaging surveillance (and a normal initial postoperative CTA).<br /><br>- To assess if there is a difference in the number of reinterventions or mortality between follow-up imaging with CTA or DUS.<br /><br>- To assess if there is a difference in costs stratified for patients with complete and incomplete yearly standardised imaging surveillance (and a normal initial postoperative CTA).