Use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers increases the risk of postoperative acute kidney injury after elective endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Background: Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) is the major treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA);however, EVAR still carries a considerable risk of acute kidney injury (AKI). The present study aimed to investigate the risk factors for AKI after elective EVAR procedures.Methods: This was a retrospective observational study. Eligible patients who underwent EVAR from September 2011 to March 2019 in West China Hospital were included. The primary outcome was the occurrence of AKI within two days after EVAR, which was defined by the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes Clinical Practice Guideline. Demographics, comorbidities, medications, laboratory tests, anatomical parameters of AAA, and relative operative details were collected as variables. Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analyses were applied to identify the risk factors among variables, and covariate interactions were further assessed.Results: A total of 679 eligible patients were included. The incidence of postoperative AKI was 8.2% (56/679) in the whole cohort, and it was associated with a lower 5-year survival rate (63.5%vs. 80.9%;χ^(2) = 4.10;P = 0.043). The multivariable logistic regression showed that chronic kidney disease (OR, 5.06;95% CI: 1.43-17.95;P = 0.012), angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs)/angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) (OR, 2.60;95% CI: 1.17-5.76;P = 0.019), and short neck (OR, 2.85;95% CI: 1.08-7.52;P = 0.035) were independent risk factors for postoperative AKI. In the covariate interaction analysis, the effect of ACEIs/ARBs use on postoperative AKI was similar across all subgroups (P > 0.05), thereby suggesting a robust effect of ACEIs/ARBs use in all patients undergoing elective endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.Conclusions: Postoperative AKI was associated with lower survival rate, and the use of ACEIs/ARBs was the only adjustable independent risk factor. Clinicians should consider withdrawing ACEIs/ARBs in high-risk patients undergoing elective endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair to prevent postoperative AKI.

Influence of severe neck angulation on hemodynamic and clinical outcomes following endovascular aneurysm repair:a hemodynamic analysis and a retrospective cohort study

Background: For patients with severe neck angulation (SNA), hemodynamic and clinical outcomes following endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) are still unclear. This study aimed to explore the influence of SNA on hemodynamic and clinical outcomes following EVAR.Methods: This study included a hemodynamic analysis and a retrospective cohort study from West China Hospital of Sichuan University between January 2011 and December 2020. The Cox regression model, inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) analysis, sensitivity analysis, and subgroup analysis were applied. Primary outcome was type IA endoleak (T1AEL).Results: In this hemodynamic analysis, nine non-severe neck angulation (nSNA) and 16 SNA idealized models were constructed. We found a significant difference in drag force between SNA and nSNA models (7.016 ± 2.579 Nvs. 4.283 ± 1.460 N,P = 0.008), and proximal neck angles were significantly associated with the magnitude of drag force (F = 0.082 ×α-0.006 ×β + 2.818, α: 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.070-0.094;P = 0.001;β: 95% CI -0.019 to 0.007;P = 0.319). In our cohort study, 514 nSNA patients (71.5 ± 8.5 years;459 males) and 208 SNA patients (72.5 ± 7.8 years;135 males) were included, with a median follow-up duration of 34 months (16-63 months). All baseline characteristics were well balanced after IPTW matching. We found that SNA was associated with a significant risk of adverse limb event (hazard ratio [HR] 2.18, 95% CI 1.09-3.12), yet was not associated with T1AEL, overall survival, or reintervention. In patients without proximal or distal additional procedures (DAP), subgroup analyses suggested a significant risk of T1AEL (Proximal: HR 5.25, 95% CI 1.51-18.23;Distal: HR 5.07, 95% CI 1.60-16.07) and adverse limb event (Proximal: HR 2.27, 95% CI 1.01-5.07;Distal: HR 2.91, 95% CI 1.30-6.54) in SNA patients. However, no noticeable difference was observed in patients with proximal or DAP.Conclusions: SNA has a critical influence on hemodynamic and clinical outcomes following EVAR. Appropriate additional procedures may be of great benefit to SNA patients.

A computational fluid study on hemodynamics in visceral arteries in a complicated type B aortic dissection after thoracic endovascular repair

Objective:To report a numerical research on the effect of a renal artery arising from false lumen(FL)on the treatment outcome of thoracic endovascular repair(TEVAR)for complicated type B aortic dissection(TBAD).Methods:The original patient-specific model with the right renal artery(RRA)partially supplied by the FL(TFM)was reconstructed from its postoperative computed tomography images.Two additional models were reconstructed by artificially modifying the RRA either fully arising from the FL(CFM)or true lumen(CTM).Computational fluid dynamics(CFD)simulations were performed.Results:First,for all the models,the flow splits to all the visceral arteries were much less than those of a healthy aorta.Second,the flow split to RRA in the CFM and in CTM was the least and largest respectively.Third,in TFM,the pressure gradient between the true lumen(TL)and FL was negative at the proximal FL and the entire FL was full of active blood flow.In the contrast,in CTM and CFM,the pressure differences between the two lumens remained positive and little flow was present in FL.Finally,both TL and proximal FL of this particular patient expanded and the diameters of all visceral arteries decreased at one-year follow-up.Conclusions:Compared to a healthy aorta,a renal artery arising from FL following TEVAR would result in severe visceral ischemia including RA and superior mesenteric artery(SMA).In addition,our numerical simulation of the postoperative hemodynamics of this particular patient perfectly matched with its TL remodeling,FL expansion and contraction of the visceral arteries at one-year follow-up,and a patient-specific CFD simulation may be adopted to obtain information on visceral perfusion after endovascular repair for TBAD patients.