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- 1Instituto Cardiovascular de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Medicina (UBA), Argentina.
Abstract
PURPOSE:
To examine the inflammatory impact of endovascular and conventional surgery of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) as assessed by the activation of neutrophils and serum levels of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines.
METHODS:
Twenty-four patients undergoing AAA exclusion were treated with either endovascular (n = 14) or conventional (n=10) techniques. Clinical and hematological data, respiratory burst of neutrophils, and the expression of adhesion and activation molecules (CD18, CD11b, CD69, and HLA-DR) were analyzed by flow cytometry. The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique was used to measure proinflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-8 and anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1RA) and transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-beta1).
RESULTS:
All patients, most of whom had normal cytokine values before surgery, were successfully treated. No significant changes were found in surface antigens. Basal respiratory burst was quite heterogeneous; in all cases respiratory burst activity decreased after surgery and remained low throughout the observation period. Despite marked interpatient differences, IL-1RA and IL-8 increased after surgery, whereas TGF-beta1 decreased, although the variation achieved statistical significance only in the conventional group. Elevated IL-1RA returned to normal within 48 hours in the endoluminal group, whereas the level remained high in the conventional group in the last sample.
CONCLUSIONS:
Despite heterogeneity before surgery, the respiratory burst decreased for most of the patients regardless of the approach, and both techniques increased IL-1RA. Although both procedures seemed to decrease TGF-beta1, the difference was significant only with the conventional approach. IL-1RA levels fell toward basal values quicker in the endograft patients, suggesting that the endoluminal approach was less aggressive.
