While perioperative mortality was similar across races among patients undergoing repair of an intact abdominal aortic aneurysm, black patients had an elevated rate of postoperative renal failure and Asian patients, despite higher long-term survival, had an elevated rate of postoperative MI, according to a new analysis.

The researchers analyzed 21,961 patients (94% white, 5.2% black, 1.4% Asian) who underwent open or endovascular intact AAA repair between 2003 and 2017 and were included in the Vascular Quality Initiative. Endpoints of interest were various in-hospital outcomes and late survival.