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As a consequence, the implantation of stent\u2013graft endoprostheses during EVAR increases aortic rigidity and thus aortic stiffness, resulting in a decrease in abdominal aorta compliance. EVAR has been found to have a possibly harmful effect not only on heart functions but also on other vascular beds, including kidney function, due to the decrease in aortic compliance that it causes. Aortic stiffness is measured by various hemodynamic indices like the pulse wave velocity (PWV), the central aortic pressure (CAP), and the augmentation index (AIx). In the literature, there are increasing numbers of studies investigating the properties of endografts, which are strongly related to increases in aortic stiffness. However, there is a lack of data on whether there is a correlation between the length of various endografts implanted during EVAR and the increase in the PWV, CAP, and AIx postoperatively compared to the preoperative values. The aim of this prospective, observational, monocentric, single-arm study is to investigate the correlation between endograft length and the postoperative increase in the PWV, CAP, and AIx in patients subjected to EVAR. Additionally, this study intends to identify other endograft properties related to increases in the PWV, CAP, and AIx. Other endpoints to be studied are the existence of immediate postoperative myocardial and kidney injury after EVAR. The prediction of cardiovascular events caused by endograft-related increased aortic stiffness could contribute to the improvement of various endograft properties so that the impact of endografts on the native aortic wall can be minimized.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13082205","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,11]],"date-time":"2024-04-11T07:09:28Z","timestamp":1712819368000},"page":"2205","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Study Protocol of a Prospective, Monocentric, Single-Arm Study Investigating the Correlation of Endograft Properties with Aortic Stiffness in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients Subjected to Endovascular Aortic Repair"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2202-5359","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Manolis","family":"Abatzis-Papadopoulos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular Unit, 1st University Surgical Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2183-7160","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Konstantinos","family":"Tigkiropoulos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular Unit, 1st University Surgical Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4266-4801","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Spyridon","family":"Nikas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Radiology Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Katerina","family":"Sidiropoulou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular Unit, 1st University Surgical Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-5272-9103","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christina","family":"Alexou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiothoracic Surgery Department, Papanikolaou General Hospital, 57010 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kyriakos","family":"Stavridis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular Unit, 1st University Surgical Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dimitrios","family":"Karamanos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular Unit, 1st University Surgical Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3755-8097","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vasilios","family":"Kotsis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"3rd University Department of Internal Medicine, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ioannis","family":"Lazaridis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular Unit, 1st University Surgical Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Nikolaos","family":"Saratzis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular Unit, 1st University Surgical Department, Papageorgiou General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 56403 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"647","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCRESAHA.118.313186","article-title":"Open and Endovascular Management of Aortic Aneurysms","volume":"124","author":"Swerdlow","year":"2019","journal-title":"Circ. 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