Background: The patency and complications in aorto-iliac (AI) stenting remain poorly understood. The aim of this paper was to investigate the safety and efficacy after AI stenting.
Methods and results: This study was performed as a large-scale multicenter, retrospective registry. A total of 2,147 consecutive patients with AI disease were enrolled. The safety endpoints were procedure success, complications and 30-day mortality. The efficacy endpoints were primary, assisted primary and secondary patency, overall survival, freedom from major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE; all-cause death, myocardial infarction and stroke), and major adverse cardiovascular and limb events (MACLE; any repeat revascularization for limb and leg amputation in addition to MACE). Procedure success, complication rate and 30-day mortality were 97.6%, 6.4% and 0.7%. Primary patency was 92.5%, 82.6% and 77.5% at 1, 3 and 5 years, assisted primary patency was 97.0%, 92.7% and 91.9% at 1, 3 and 5 years and secondary patency was 99.0%, 98.7% and 98.5% at 1, 3 and 5 years. The overall survival rate was 95.0%, 87.6%, and 79.3% at 1, 3 and 5 years. The cause of death was cardiovascular in 44.1%. Freedom from MACE (MACLE) was 93.3% (89.9%), 84.4% (76.7%), and 74.9% (66.8%) at 1, 3 and 5 years. Female gender, diabetes, renal failure, absence of aspirin, reference vessel diameter <8.0mm and outflow lesion were found to be independent predictors of primary patency.
Conclusions: The safety and efficacy after AI stenting are feasible compared to surgical reconstruction.