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JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY
Volume 75, Issue 4, Pages 1202-1210Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2021.11.055
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Aortic disease; Hospital volume; Mortality; TEVAR; VQI
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In this study, we found that the hospital volume does not significantly affect the outcomes of patients who underwent TEVAR. The technical aspect of the procedure may play a role in the similarity of outcomes across different institutional experiences.
Background: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) has been increasingly used to treat complex thoracic aortic pathology. In the present study, we assessed the hospital volume's effects on the outcomes of patients who had undergone TEVAR. Methods: Patients who had undergone TEVAR from January 2015 to December 2019 were identified from the Vascular Quality Initiative database. The participating centers were stratified by volume as low-volume hospitals (LVHs) and high-volume hospitals (HVHs). We assessed the effects of hospital volume on 30-day mortality and major postoperative complications using multivariable logistic regression analysis. Results: A total of 3584 TEVAR patients (1720 asymptomatic and 1864 symptomatic or ruptured) were identified at 147 centers. The median average annual number of TEVAR cases at the LVHs and HVHs was 6 and 17 cases, respectively. No significant differences were found in 30-day mortality between the LVHs and HVHs (asymptomatic, 3.7% vs 3.7% [P = .98]; symptomatic or ruptured, 9.3% vs 7.3% [P = .13]). After adjusting for multiple clinical and anatomic factors, treatment at a LVH was not associated with increased 30-day mortality (asymptomatic: odds ratio, 0.98; 95% confidence interval, 0.52-1.87; P = .96; symptomatic or ruptured: odds ratio, 1.15; 95% confidence interval, 0.75-1.77; P = .53) nor an increased risk of major complications, including renal, neurologic, cardiac, pulmonary, and femoral artery access complications (P > .05 for all). Conclusions: Using a large national database, we have demonstrated that treatment at LVHs is not associated with inferior TEVAR outcomes compared with HVHs. The technical aspect of the procedure might play a role in the similarity of outcomes across the different institutional experiences.
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