Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm in a renal transplant patient.
A 65-year-old man presented with an asymptomatic infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm of 6 cm in transverse diameter. Five years before he received a cadaveric renal transplant. The patient also had the following risk factors and associated diseases: arterial hypertension, coronary artery disease, previous myocardial infarction, coronary angioplasty and stent, ileal resection secondary to Chron disease, hepatopathy, hyperlipidemia and hepato-renal cystic disease. The ASA classification was III, IV. Considering previous abdominal operations and risk factors, we decided to repair the aneurysm with a minimal aggression. The aneurysm was successfully approached by an endovascular route implanting a 22x10 bifurcated aorto-iliac endovascular prosthesis. The patient died 13 months later after being diagnosed of enterocolitis by cytomegalovirus complicated with sepsis and lung infection. We consider this less invasive modality of treatment a valid and useful alternative in this high-risk group of patients.
Department of Cardio-Vascular Surgery, University Hospital de Gran Canaria Dr Negrín Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
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D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed