Open repair and endovascular covered stent placement in the management of bilateral axillary artery aneurysms

Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2010 Nov;44(8):708-9. doi: 10.1177/1538574410377239. Epub 2010 Jul 30.

Abstract

A 72-year-old male with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hyperlipidemia presented with acute right upper limb ischemia. Arterial occlusion was found to be secondary to a thrombosed axillary artery aneurysm. An open repair was performed with a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft. On further workup, the patient was found to have an asymptomatic axillary artery aneurysm on the left-hand side. Endovascular repair with a covered stent was chosen to treat this aneurysm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm / complications
  • Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Axillary Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Axillary Artery / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Embolectomy*
  • Endovascular Procedures / instrumentation*
  • Humans
  • Ischemia / diagnostic imaging
  • Ischemia / etiology
  • Ischemia / surgery*
  • Ligation
  • Male
  • Reoperation
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Upper Extremity / blood supply*