Endovascular treatment of a giant superior mesenteric artery pseudoaneurysm using a nitinol stent-graft

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2005 Jan-Feb;28(1):102-6. doi: 10.1007/s00270-004-0007-7.

Abstract

A 68-year-old woman presenting with gastrointestinal bleeding (hematocrit 19.3%) and in a critical clinical condition (American Society of Anesthesiologists grade 4) from a giant superior mesenteric artery pseudoaneurysm (196.0 x 131.4 mm) underwent emergency endovascular treatment. The arterial tear supplying the pseudoaneurysm was excluded using a 5.0 mm diameter and 31 mm long monorail expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE)-covered self-expanding nitinol stent. Within 6 days of the procedure, a gradual increase in hemoglobin levels and a prompt improvement in the clinical condition were observed. Multislice CT angiograms performed immediately, 5 days, 30 days and 3 months after the procedure confirmed the complete exclusion of the pseudoaneurysm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alloys
  • Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm, False / surgery*
  • Angiography
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mesenteric Artery, Superior*
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Alloys
  • nitinol
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene