Successful endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in a renal transplant recipient

A renal transplant recipient presented in the early post-transplantation period with rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The high mortality rate of the surgical repair of ruptured aneurysm in addition to the concern of preserving the renal graft prompted us to seek alternative approaches, such...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cardiovascular and interventional radiology 2006-04, Vol.29 (2), p.279-283
Hauptverfasser: Kaskarelis, Ioannis S, Koukoulaki, Maria, Lappas, Ioannis, Karkatzia, Fani, Dimopoulos, Nikitas, Filias, Vasilios, Bellenis, Ion, Vougas, Vasilios, Drakopoulos, Spiros
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Zusammenfassung:A renal transplant recipient presented in the early post-transplantation period with rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The high mortality rate of the surgical repair of ruptured aneurysm in addition to the concern of preserving the renal graft prompted us to seek alternative approaches, such as repairing the aneurysm by means of endovascular techniques. The ruptured aneurysm was confirmed by performing computed tomography and digital angiography and thereafter was successfully repaired by endovascular stenting technique (Talent stent-graft), which seems to be a safe and effective method of preserving a renal graft.
ISSN:0174-1551
1432-086X
DOI:10.1007/s00270-004-9205-6