Cirugía Vascular y Endovascular
Ali Azizzadeh, MD:
Luis A. Sanchez, MD:
Charles C. Miller, III, PhD:
Leopoldo Marine, MD:
Brian G. Rubin, MD:
Hazim J. Safi, MD:
Tam T. Huynh, MD:
Juan C. Parodi, MD:
Gregorio A. Sicard, MD:
JOURNAL OF VASCULAR SURGERY
Volume 43
Clinically evident renal disease is a risk factor for mortality after aneurysm repair. Serum creatinine is widely used as a measure of renal function in the preoperative evaluation of patients. Unfortunately, serum creatinine concentration is influenced by muscle mass, hydration status, and glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Calculated GFR, which takes predictors of muscle mass such as age, gender, and weight into account, is a more sensitive determinant of renal function than serum creatinine. We hypothesized that GFR would more accurately predict mortality after EVAR than serum creatinine.