Pulsatile Changes of the Aortic Diameter May Be Irrelevant Regarding Endograft Sizing in Patients With Aortic Disease.
Daniele Mariastefano FontaniniMáté HuberMilán Vecsey-NagySarolta BorzsákJudit CsőrePéter SótonyiCsaba Csobay-NovákPublished in: Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists (2023)
Endovascular aortic repair reqiures precise preoperative planning. Pulsatile changes of the aortic diameter may pose issues regarding endograft sizing. In our retrospective single-centre study, aortic pulsatility of patients with AAA was measured on ECG gated CTA images. Pulsatility values reached a maximum at the descending aorta, however absolute pulsatility values did not exceed 1 mm at any point along the aorta. Therefore, significance of aortic pulsatility regarding the sizing of EVAR prostheses is questionable. Correlation between pulsatility and AAA growth was not found.