Corre？？o endovascular do aneurisma da aorta abdominal: análise dos resultados de único centro

objective: to evaluate immediate and mid-term outcomes in a series of patients submitted to endovascular repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm in a reference center for cardiovascular medicine. materials and methods: the present retrospective study included a series of patients treated in the period from january 2009 to july 2010, and evaluated demographic characteristics, technical success, therapeutic success, morbimortality, immediate complications and perioperative reintervention rate in a one-year follow-up. results: the authors evaluated 102 consecutive patients with a mean age of 72 ± 9 years (79% were men). technical success was observed in 97.1% of cases, and therapeutic success, in 81%. perioperative mortality was 0.9% and one-year mortality rate was 7.8%. reintervention was necessary in 18.8% of the patients during follow-up. conclusion: the outcomes observed in the present study justify performing such a procedure in patients with suitable anatomy.