Endovascular Repair of a Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a Patient With Unfavorable Anatomy

Endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) offers hope of improved outcomes in patients presenting with acute rupture. However, a high proportion of such patients have unfavorable proximal neck anatomy and are not suitable for treatment with conventional endografts. In this case repor...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Vascular and endovascular surgery 2010-01, Vol.44 (1), p.48-49
Hauptverfasser:	Bellosta, Raffaello, Luzzani, Luca, Carugati, Claudio, Cossu, Luisa, Sarcina, Antonio
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged, 80 and over Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - surgery Aortic Rupture - diagnostic imaging Aortic Rupture - surgery Aortography - methods Biological and medical sciences Blood and lymphatic vessels Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation Cardiology. Vascular system Diseases of the aorta Fatal Outcome Female Humans Medical sciences Respiratory Insufficiency - etiology Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Tomography, X-Ray Computed Treatment Outcome Vascular surgery: aorta, extremities, vena cava. Surgery of the lymphatic vessels
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Zusammenfassung:	Endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) offers hope of improved outcomes in patients presenting with acute rupture. However, a high proportion of such patients have unfavorable proximal neck anatomy and are not suitable for treatment with conventional endografts. In this case report, the authors describe a successful endovascular repair of a ruptured AAA with very short and angulated proximal neck.
ISSN:	1538-5744 1938-9116
DOI:	10.1177/1538574409347391