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Functional performance status and risk of cardiovascular events and mortality following endovascular repair of thoracic and abdominal aortic pathology.

Pradeep NadeswaranLi DingNikhil SinghAnastasia PlotkinGregory A MageeSukgu M HanParveen K Garg
Published in: Vascular (2021)
Poor preoperative functional status as assessed by ECOG score is associated with an increased risk of adverse postoperative cardiovascular events following EVAR and a higher mortality risk following both EVAR and TEVAR. Functional status assessment may be useful for risk stratification and determining procedural candidacy prior to EVAR and TEVAR.
Keyphrases
  • cardiovascular events
  • coronary artery disease
  • cardiovascular disease
  • abdominal aortic
  • patients undergoing
  • aortic dissection
  • spinal cord