title: Placement of a PTFE-covered Wallstent through a 12 Fr sheath for the exclusion of a common iliac artery aneurysm.
abstract: We describe a technique for transfemoral endovascular exclusion of an iliac artery aneurysm with a reconstrained polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-covered Wallstent inserted through a 12 Fr sheath after right femoral artery cutdown. The procedure was successfully performed, with evidence of complete aneurysm exclusion at 4-month follow-up. This technique reduces the caliber of the introducer needed to deploy the covered Wallstent. It should be noted that because of a leak, an additional covered Palmaz stent was also deployed.
authors: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Jelke 166, 1653 W. Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612-3833, USA.
authors: S G
authors: SG
authors: Reddy
authors: C P
authors: CP
authors: Rothstein
authors: M B
authors: MB
authors: Saker
authors: R A
authors: RA
authors: Kane
authors: R J
authors: RJ
authors: March
authors: T A
authors: TA
authors: Matalon
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene