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Imaging Surveillance After Proximal Aortic Operations: Is it Necessary?

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Submitted by

Arie Blitz

Source

Source Name: Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S0003-4975(16)30848-7/abstract

Author(s)

Alexander Iribarne, MD, MS, Jeffrey Keenan, MD, Ehsan Benrashid, MD, Hanghang Wang, MD, James M. Meza, MD, Asvin Ganapathi, MD, Jeffrey G. Gaca, MD, Han W. Kim, MD, Lynne M. Hurwitz, MD, G. Chad Hughes, MD

The Duke group analyzed their group of patients undergoing proximal aortic operations during a 9-year period (n=869) to determine the incidence and etiology of reintervention on the aorta during follow-up. In all, 4.32% of patients required reintervention—roughly evenly divided between the proximal ascending aort and the distal aorta—and most occured within 3 years. The type of intervention needed in the second setting varied based upon the indications for, and type of, initial operation.