Abstract
BackgroundThe status of vascular lesion treatment using percutaneous intervention (PI) in Takayasu arteritis (TAK) remains unresolved. ObjectivesThis study sought to develop PI strategies appropriate for TAK. MethodsA prospectively maintained single-center database of TAK PI procedures from 1996 to 2022 was analyzed retrospectively. Obstructive lesions were treated by elective stenting (using bare or covered stents), balloon angioplasty (BA), or cutting-balloon angioplasty (CBA), with adjunctive stenting for suboptimal BA or CBA results. PIs were repeated in restenotic lesions until sustained success was obtained. Aortic or peripheral aneurysms and spontaneous aortic dissections were treated with covered stents or endografts. Immunosuppressive therapy, started before PI, was continued long term. ResultsA total of 942 patients underwent PI to treat 2,450 arterial lesions (2,365 stenoses or occlusions, 85 aneurysms or dissections) in 630 subclavian or axillary, 586 renal, 463 aortic, 333 carotid, 188 mesenteric, 116 iliac, 71 coronary, and 63 other arteries; 3,805 PIs were performed (1.55 PIs per lesion; range 1-7 PIs per lesion). Early success was obtained in 2,262 (92.3%), and late success in 1,460 (84.5%) of 1,727 lesions with a median of 39 months (IQR: 15-85 months) of follow-up. Repeated PIs increased late success in obstructive lesions from 48.6% to 83.3%. A total of 1,687 elective stenting lesions achieved 88% late success with 1.49 PIs per lesion; covered stents (1.18 PIs per lesion) restenosed less than bare stents (1.51 PIs per lesion; P < 0.001). A total of 183 (36%) of 513 BA-treated lesions had good outcomes without adjunctive stenting; 122 CBA-treated lesions had 19% dissections and 8% ruptures or pseudoaneurysm formations. Aneurysms or dissections had 91.3% late success after PI. A total of 472 complications occurred in 415 (17%) lesions; 375 (79%) were resolved. ConclusionsMost vascular lesions in TAK can be effectively, safely, and durably treated using predominantly stent-based PI strategies.
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