Background The prospective, multicentre EURECA registry assessed the use of imaging and adoption of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines (GL) in patients with chronic coronary syndromes (CCS). Methods Between May 2019 and March 2020, 5156 patients were recruited in 73 centres from 24 ESC member countries. The adoption of GL recommendations was evaluated according to clinical presentation and pre-test probability (PTP) of obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). Results The mean age of the population was 64 ± 11 years, 60% of patients were males, 42% had PTP >15%, 27% had previous CAD, and ejection fraction was <50% in 5%. Exercise ECG was performed in 32% of patients, stress imaging as the first choice in 40%, and computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) in 22%. Invasive coronary angiography (ICA) was the first or downstream test in 17% and 11%, respectively. Obstructive CAD was documented in 24% of patients, inducible ischaemia in 19%, and 13% of patients underwent revascularization. In 44% of patients, the overall diagnostic process did not adopt the GL. In these patients, referral to stress imaging (21% vs. 58%; P < 0.001) or CTCA (17% vs. 30%; P < 0.001) was less frequent, while exercise ECG (43% vs. 22%; P < 0.001) and ICA (48% vs. 15%; P < 0.001) were more frequently performed. The adoption of GL was associated with fewer ICA, higher proportion of diagnosis of obstructive CAD (60% vs. 39%, P < 0.001) and revascularization (54% vs. 37%, P < 0.001), higher quality of life, fewer additional testing, and longer times to late revascularization. Conclusions In patients with CCS, current clinical practice does not adopt GL recommendations on the use of diagnostic tests in a significant proportion of patients. When the diagnostic approach adopts GL recommendations, invasive procedures are less frequently used and the diagnostic yield and therapeutic utility are superior.

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Our purpose was to evaluate the risk associated with the learning curve of starting a complex aortic programme in an Eastern European country. A retrospective study was conducted involving the initial 20 patients (16 males, mean age: 65 ± 11 years) undergoing fenestrated/branched endovascular aortic repair in a single centre. Demographic, anatomical, procedural, and postoperative variables were collected. Our elective patient cohort consisted of 9 pararenal aneurysms (45%) and 11 thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (55%), with the latter including 4 chronic dissection cases (20%). A total of 71 branch vessels were incorporated (3.5 ± 0.9 per patient). The per vessel technical success rate was 100%. In-hospital mortality was 5% (1/20). At an average follow-up of 14 ± 22 months, the primary clinical success rate was 45% (9/20) and the secondary clinical success was achieved in 75% of cases (15/20). All-cause mortality at 14 months was 20% (4/20; aortic related: 1/20, 5%). Four bridging stent occlusions were found (5.6%). Mortality and reintervention rates were comparable to the initial results of high-volume centres, while the complexity of our cases and the per vessel technical success rate was comparable to the values reported as late experience. The morbidity of the learning curve could be decreased if operators are skilled in basic endovascular procedures.

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Az aortadissectio késői szövődménye a meggyengült érfal tágulata. Ennek megoldására sürgető helyzetben a nagy kockázatú nyitott műtét endovascularis alternatívájaként csak elágazó graft implantációja (branched endovascular aortic repair – BEVAR) jön szóba, melynek beültetését azonban extrém mértékben megnehezíti az aorta lumenében elhelyezkedő intimamembrán, illetve a valódi lumen jellemzően nagyfokú kompressziója. Közleményünkben a BEVAR aortadissectio esetén történő első hazai alkalmazását mutatjuk be. 76 éves férfi betegünk 13 évvel korábban szenvedett el B-típusú aortadissectiót, mely miatt supraaorticus debranching műtétet követően thoracalis sztentgraft-implantációt végeztek. Jelen felvételére heveny mellkasi fájdalom miatt került sor, melynek hátterében a thoracoabdominalis aorta tíz centiméteres tágulatának „tartott” (a haematomát a retroperitoneum tartja) rupturája állt. A bal a. subclavia proximalis szakaszának szelektív embolisatióját követően komplex aortaintervenciót végeztünk. Az in situ thoracalis graftból indított újabb thoracalis sztentgraftot, majd elágazó thoracoabdominalis graftot ültettünk be, melynek négy ágát a truncus coeliacusra, az a. mesenterica superiorra, valamint a két veseartériára vezettük. Az elágazó graft alá bifurkációs graftot, a bal a. iliaca rendszer komplex dissectiója miatt bal oldalra iliacabifurkációs graftot is implantáltunk. Szövődménymentes beavatkozást követően a beteget a 4. posztoperatív napon otthonába bocsátottuk. Orv Hetil. 2022; 163(22): 886–890.