Canadian Society for Vascular Surgery Meeting

Purpose: This study examined the aortic aneurysm patient population in a Canadian tertiary care centre. Methods: All patients who came to our office for assessment of their aneurysm between 1994 through to March 2008 were evaluated. Results: A total of 1045 patients were evaluated (828 male, 198 female). Of these, 399 underwent open repair (38.18%), 120 underwent endoluminal repair (EVAR; 11.48%) and 510 are currently being followed (48.80%). Preoperative risk factors were as follows: diabetes 10.05%, cardiac 41.24%, hypertension 38.76%, smoking or history of smoking 36.27%, carotid disease 7.08%, renal issues 15.98%, pulmonary disease 15.02%, cystic renal disease 16.94% and dyslipidemia 15.98%. Patients who had 2 or more of these risk factors comprised 47.94% of the group; 7.94% of patients’ reported none of these risk factors. The rate of endoluminal versus open repair over the last 3 years with dedicated government funding is 44.69% (101 EVAR/226 total). In order to offer EVAR on a regular basis to an aneurysmal population, dedicated government funding is required. Our historical data reflect the growing popularity of the EVAR technique.