title: Successful endovascular repair of juxtarenal and suprarenal aortic aneurysms with a branched stent graft.
abstract: This case report describes a new technique for repairing pararenal aortic aneurysms with a transluminally placed triple-branched stent graft with sidearms extending into the superior mesenteric artery and renal arteries. Endovascular repair with the branched stent graft was attempted in two patients with a pararenal aortic Aneurysm. Stent grafting was technically successful in both patients. Although postoperative transient renal function impairment and paralytic ileus occurred in patient 2, these complications were gradually resolved in the perioperative period. A substantial shrinkage of the aneurysm was revealed by means of computed tomographic measurements in patient 1. In both patients, complete exclusion of the aneurysm and patency of the bilateral renal arteries and the superior mesenteric artery were confirmed by means of follow-up computed tomographic images at 2 years. This minimally invasive approach for pararenal aortic aneurysms appears to be a viable therapeutic option for patients who are at high risk for open surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, National Toyohashi Higashi Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwase
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed