Endovascular treatment of aneurysmal deterioration in peripheral arterial allografts

J Endovasc Ther. 2007 Aug;14(4):605-8. doi: 10.1177/152660280701400425.

Abstract

Purpose: To report endovascular treatment of 2 patients with aneurysmal deterioration of peripheral arterial allografts.

Case report: Two men (65 and 64 years old) who had undergone an arterial allograft reconstruction for infection of prosthetic infrapopliteal bypass grafts 5 and 7 years ago, respectively, were diagnosed with asymptomatic aneurysmal deterioration of the allografts. Stent-graft repair was successful in both cases, completely excluding the aneurysms. At >or=1 year, continued aneurysm exclusion was confirmed by duplex scan, with no evidence of endoleak, migration, or stenosis.

Conclusion: Endovascular treatment may be a useful therapeutic option when treating patients with late peripheral allograft deterioration.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aneurysm / etiology
  • Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Arteries / transplantation
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Femoral Artery / diagnostic imaging
  • Femoral Artery / surgery*
  • Graft Rejection / complications*
  • Graft Rejection / diagnostic imaging
  • Graft Rejection / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery*
  • Radiography
  • Stents*
  • Tibial Arteries / diagnostic imaging
  • Tibial Arteries / surgery*
  • Transplantation, Homologous
  • Treatment Outcome