Endovascular repair of inflammatory abdominal aneurysm: a retrospective analysis of CT follow-up.

Abstract

Retrospective radiologic and clinical midterm follow-up is reported for 10 patients with inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm (IAAA) after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). At a mean follow-up of 33 months, regression of the thickness of the perianeurysmal fibrosis (PAF) and decrease of aneurysmal sac diameter was observed in nine patients. Four EVAR-associated complications were observed: periinterventional dissection of femoral artery (n = 1), blue toe syndrome (n = 1), and stent-graft disconnection (n = 2). EVAR is the less invasive method of aneurysm exclusion in patients with IAAA with a comparable evolution of the PAF as reported after open repair.

• Authors: Lukas Hechelhammer, Simon Wildermuth, Mario L Lachat, Thomas Pfammatter
• Journal: Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR (J Vasc Interv Radiol) Vol. 16 Issue 5 Pg. 737-41 (May 2005) ISSN: 1051-0443 [Print] United States
• PMID: 15872330 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Aged
• Aged, 80 and over
• Aneurysm, Infected (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal (diagnostic imaging, surgery)
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Linear Models
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Retrospective Studies
• Statistics, Nonparametric
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed (adverse effects)
• Treatment Outcome