Endovascular and hybrid treatment of recurrent thoracoabdominal aneurysms in an HIV-positive patient

Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2007 Jan;33(1):78-80. doi: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.07.013. Epub 2006 Aug 23.

Abstract

Introduction: We report a case of staged endovascular and hybrid treatment of recurrent thoracoabdominal aneurysms (TAAA) in a 55-year-old HIV-positive man.

Report: A patient, who had previously been surgically treated for a type III TAAA, presented with recurrent aneurysms. The patient was treated by a combination of endovascular and open surgery. Neither visceral nor spinal ischemia were observed.

Conclusion: The hybrid treatment of recurrent TAAA could offer lower mortality and morbidity. Patients with HIV/AIDS treated for aortic aneurysms require close follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angiography
  • Angioplasty*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / complications
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / complications
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery
  • HIV Infections / complications*
  • HIV Seropositivity*
  • Humans
  • Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Male
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior / surgery
  • Middle Aged
  • Recurrence
  • Renal Artery / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods*