Iliac artery kinking with endovascular therapies: technical considerations.
Iliac artery tortuosity should be considered when planning endovascular interventions from a femoral approach. Stiff guide wires across tortuous iliac segments can introduce foreshortening and temporary kinking. Recognition of this phenomenon and its implications is important when making anatomic measurements before endovascular device placement, when assessing iliac runoff, and when considering adjunctive procedures after aortoiliac interventions. Two illustrative cases of external iliac artery kinking are presented, one during an abdominal aortic aneurysm endograft procedure and another encountered during stent placement in an external iliac artery dissection. In both cases, the temporary nature of the deformity was recognized, avoiding unnecessary additional intervention.
Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Emory University School of Medicine, H-124, 1364 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA.
David L
DL
Dawson
Jeffrey C
JC
Hellinger
Thomas T
TT
Terramani
Sasan
S
Najibi
Louis G
LG
Martin
Alan B
AB
Lumsden
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D007083:Iliac Artery; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*