Acute rupture of an aortic false aneurysm treated with a stent-graft.
OBJECTIVE
To report the use of an aortic endograft to treat a ruptured false aneurysm at the anastomosis of an aortofemoral bypass graft.


RESULTS
A 68-year-old man with a 30-year-old aorto-right femoral bypass and multiple comorbidities was admitted to the hospital complaining of acute abdominal pain. Imaging identified a 60-mm ruptured aortic false aneurysm with associated retroperitoneal hematoma, a 9-cm right femoral false aneurysm, and a calcified 23-mm left common iliac aneurysm. Two slightly overlapping Vanguard straight stent-grafts were implanted in the aorta and left common iliac artery in an emergency procedure owing to the patient's high surgical risk. The anastomotic false aneurysm and the bypass were excluded. A left-to-right femorofemoral bypass was performed to re-establish flow to the right femoral artery with ligation of the external iliac artery. The patient recovered uneventfully. He remained well with a successful repair until his death of a myocardial infarction 6 months after the procedure.


CONCLUSIONS
Endovascular grafting can be used successfully for the urgent treatment of aortic false aneurysm rupture.
Schönholz
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Abraxas Medica-CEALTE-I.C.B.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina. schonhol@impsat1.com.ar
Donnini
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Naselli
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Pocovi
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Parodi
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed