title: Percutaneous stent-graft repair of mycotic common femoral artery aneurysm.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To report successful percutaneous repair of a peripheral mycotic aneurysm as a bridge to standard surgical therapy.
  
  
  METHODS
  An aneurysm of the left common femoral artery was diagnosed in a 43-year-old man with subacute infective endocarditis. A Jostent stent-graft was percutaneously deployed to exclude the mycotic lesion. Computed tomography at 8 months after the procedure documented aneurysm regression and stent-graft patency without evidence of infection. Arteriography at 18 months has confirmed continued stent-graft patency and the patient remains asymptomatic.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The standard management of mycotic aneurysms is usually by surgical resection and repair. However, this case suggests that percutaneous stent-graft implantation may be an option for the treatment of mycotic aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Yonsei Cardiovascular Hospital and Cardiovascular Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Kihwan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Donghoon
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Seung-Hyuk
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Bon Kwon
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Koo
authors.forename: Young-Guk
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Yangsoo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Won-Heum
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Seung-Yun
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed