Long-Term Results of Stenting of the Aortic Bifurcation

Background To evaluate the long-term results in a multicentric continuous series of narrowing lesions of the aortic bifurcation treated with a kissing stent. Methods From January, 1st 1999 to the December, 31st 2001, all of the patients ( n = 80) presenting with stenosis of the aortic bifurcation ( n = 15) and/or the 2 common iliac arteries ( n = 65), treated with a kissing stent, in 8 teaching hospitals were collected retrospectively. The risk factors were smoking (91%), dyslipidemia (60%), arterial hypertension (42%) and diabetes (27%). In 84% of cases, the indication for treatment was claudication. The lesions were stenotic n = 76) and/or thrombotic ( n = 18). The associated lesions were…