Stent-graft placement for pseudoaneurysm of the aorta.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the use of endovascular stent-graft placement to repair pseudoaneurysm of the aorta.


METHODS
Six patients were treated with stent-grafts for pseudoaneurysms located in the thoracic aorta (n=2), thoracoabdominal aorta (n=3), and abdominal aorta (n=1). Etiologies of the pseudoaneurysms included leakage from surgical graft, penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer, pneumonia, perforated esophageal ulcer, and mycotic aneurysm. All patients were clinically considered to be at high surgical risk.


RESULTS
Stent-grafts were successfully placed in all patients. There was one death in the perioperative period due to massive hemoptysis before stent-grafting. Two patients died of persistent infection. One patient with persistent perigraft leak died of rupture. Two other patients needed no further therapy for pseudoaneurysm.


CONCLUSIONS
Stent-graft placement for pseudoaneurysm of the aorta can play the role of a temporizing method prior to surgical repair in high-risk cases and be a therapeutic alternative in cases without infection or perigraft leakage.
Maruyama
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Department of Radiology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
Ishiguchi
T
T
Kato
K
K
Naganawa
S
S
Itoh
S
S
Sakurai
T
T
Ishigaki
T
T
D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D015607:Stents