Polyvascular Disease Influences Long-Term Cardiovascular Morbidity in Carotid Endarterectomy

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INTRODUCTION/OBJECTIVE: Carotid stenosis (CS) is an important cause of ischemic stroke. Secondary prevention lies in performing a carotid endarterectomy (CEA) procedure, the recommended treatment in most cases. When 2 or more vascular regions are simultaneously affected by atherosclerosis, mainly the carotid arteries, coronary arteries, or limb arteries, a multivessel disease polyvascular disease (PVD) is present. This study aims to assess the potential role of PVD as a long-term predictor of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) and all-cause mortality in patients submitted to CEA.

METHODS: From January 2012 to December 2021, patients submitted to CEA for carotid stenosis in a tertiary care and referral center were eligible from a prospective database. A posthoc survival analysis was performed using the Kaplan-Meier survival curve method. The primary outcome was the incidence of long-term MACE and all-cause mortality. Secondary outcomes included acute myocardial infarction (AMI), major adverse limb events (MALE), stroke, and acute heart failure (AHF).

RESULTS: A total of 207 patients were enrolled, with a median follow-up of 63 months. The mean age was 70.4 ± 8.9, and 163 (78.7%) were male. There were 65 (31.4%) patients that had 2 arterial vascular territories affected, and 29 (14.0%) patients had PVD in 3 arterial beds. On multivariable analysis, both MACE and all-cause mortality had as independent risk factors age (aHR 1.039, P = 0.003; aHR 1.041, P = 0.019), chronic kidney disease (aHR 2.524, P = 0.003; aHR 3.377, P < 0.001) and PVD2 (aHR 3.381, P < 0.001; aHR 2.665, P = 0.013). PVD1 was only associated with MACE as a statistically significant risk factor (aHR 2.531, 1.439-4.450, P < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: PVD in patients with cerebrovascular disease (CVD) was revealed to carry a 2-fold increased risk for all-cause mortality and MACE during long-term follow-up. PVD may be a simple yet valuable tool in predicting all-cause mortality, MACE, AMI, and MALE after CEA.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:102

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Annals of vascular surgery - 102(2024) vom: 08. Apr., Seite 236-243

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Englisch

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Thierstein, Lourenço [VerfasserIn]
Pereira-Macedo, Juliana [VerfasserIn]
Duarte-Gamas, Luís [VerfasserIn]
Reis, Pedro [VerfasserIn]
Myrcha, Piotr [VerfasserIn]
Andrade, José P [VerfasserIn]
Rocha-Neves, João [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 08.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.avsg.2023.10.004

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