Endovascular stent-graft repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with a short and severely angulated proximal aortic neck

Cardiovasc J Afr. 2013 Jul 23;24(6):e4-6. doi: 10.5830/CVJA-2013-048.

Abstract

Serious anatomical limitations to endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) are mostly related to the anatomical characteristics of the proximal neck of the aneurysm. A 75-year-old male was referred for management of an incidentally found large asymptomatic infra-renal saccular abdominal aortic aneurysm. Its proximal aortic neck was short and severely angulated. We performed successful EVAR in this patient without surgical intervention.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aorta, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Aorta, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnosis
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Aortography / methods
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation* / instrumentation
  • Endovascular Procedures* / instrumentation
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Stents
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome