Endovascular Treatment of Patients With Types A and B Thoracic Aortic Dissection Using Relay Thoracic Stent-Grafts: Results From the RESTORE Patient Registry

Abstract

Purpose

To evaluate the safety and performance of Relay stent-grafts in patients with acute or chronic aortic dissections.

Methods

Patients with types A or B aortic dissections suitable for treatment with Relay stent-grafts and followed for 2 years after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) were identified from a company-sponsored registry database established in January 2006. Ninety-one consecutive patients (69 men; mean age 65 years) underwent TEVAR with Relay stent-grafts for dissection. Most patients (76, 84%) had type B dissections; 61 of all patients were classified as chronic and 30 as acute.

Results

The technical success rate was 95% (97% in acute, 95% in chronic, and 93% in type B dissections). The type I endoleak rate was 7% (7% in acute and 8% in chronic dissections); all occurred in patients with type B dissections. Paraplegia, paraparesis, and stroke occurred in 4, 1, and 2 patients, respectively; 2 cases of paraplegia occurred in patients with acute type B dissections. Thirty-day mortality was 8% (13% in acute and 5% in chronic dissections); all deaths occurred in patients with type B dissections. The 2-year survival rate was 82% in the overall population and 84% in patients with type B dissections.

Conclusion

The combination of Relay's features, such as stent conformability, radial force, atraumatic design, and controlled deployment and fixation, may contribute to the safety of the Relay stent-grafts for the treatment of thoracic aortic dissections, including acute and chronic type B dissections.

Keywords

thoracic endovascular aortic repair stent-graft aortic dissection type B aortic dissection outcome analysis mortality endoleak complications device design

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