title: Emergent repair of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm using an AneuRx stent-graft.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report a case of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) treated with a commercially available endoluminal graft.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ruptured AAA was diagnosed in a 58-year-old man with lower abdominal pain, hypotension, and syncope. A contrast-enhanced computed tomographic (CT) scan confirmed the presence of a 7-cm ruptured infrarenal AAA associated with a large retroperitoneal hematoma. The aneurysm was successfully excluded with a bifurcated AneuRx stent-graft placed through a femoral approach in an emergent procedure. The patient was discharged on the third postoperative day. CT scans at 1 and 10 months demonstrated complete resolution of the retroperitoneal hematoma and continued exclusion of the aneurysm.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The AneuRx stent-graft can be successfully applied for the treatment of a ruptured AAA in emergency situations.
authors: Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, US1A. jksaab@yahoo.com
authors: Vinay
authors: V
authors: Kumar
authors: Joe H
authors: JH
authors: Campbell
authors: Orlando J
authors: OJ
authors: Andy
authors: Lewis E
authors: LE
authors: Hatten
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000628:therapy*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000628:therapy*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D004630:Emergencies; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents