Transcatheter embolization of abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Four patients are reported with unresected abdominal aortic aneurysms in whom axillary bifemoral bypass surgery was performed with subsequent transcatheter embolization of steel coils and Gelfoam. Three embolization procedures resulted in complete thrombosis of the abdominal aortic aneurysm and one resulted in partial thrombosis.
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged