Placement of a PTFE-covered Wallstent through a 12 Fr sheath for the exclusion of a common iliac artery aneurysm.
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.
Reddy
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Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Jelke 166, 1653 W. Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60612-3833, USA.
Rothstein
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Saker
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Kane
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March
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Matalon
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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
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene