Regression of an abdominal aortic aneurysm after endograft exclusion.
We describe the regression of a 6.5 cm diameter abdominal aortic aneurysm in a 71-year-old patient within 1 year of aortic endograft placement. The aneurysm decreased in size to 4 cm at 3 months and was 3.3 cm at 8 months on duplex examination. By 1 year a spiral computed tomographic study confirmed complete regression of the aneurysm, with mild shortening and angulation of the unsupported body of the aortoiliac endoluminal prosthesis. The case demonstrates a potential of endograft treatment of aortic aneurysms and decribes the changes in prosthesis configuration and position that occurred after implantation.
White
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Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance 90509, USA.
Donayre
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Walot
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Kopchok
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Wilson
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deVirgilio
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D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods