Endovascular treatment of a multimorbid patient with late AAA rupture after stent-graft placement: 1-year follow-up.
OBJECTIVE
To report successful endovascular management of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in a multimorbid patient 40 months after primary stent-grafting.


METHODS
A 64-year-old man presented with hypotension, severe back pain, and abdominal distension. Immediate computed tomography revealed a proximal type I endoleak due to distal migration of the stent-graft with subsequent rupture of the aneurysm. The patient was hemodynamically unstable, and open surgery was refused because of severe comorbidities that were the indications for initial endovascular repair. The diameter of the proximal aneurysm neck required the use of a thoracic stent-graft that was overly long, which led to occlusion of the contralateral stent-graft limb supplying not only the left leg but also a left kidney transplant. A crossover bypass was implanted to revascularize both.


CONCLUSIONS
Minimally invasive strategies, even when challenged by complex vascular reconstructions, offer the possibility of managing ruptured aortic aneurysms in patients unsuitable for open surgery.
Teufelsbauer
Harald
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Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria. alexanderprusa@hotmail.com
Prusa
Alexander M
AM
Prager
Manfred
M
Thurnher
Siegfried
S
Lammer
Johannes
J
Hölzenbein
Thomas
T
Kretschmer
Georg
G
Huk
Ihor
I
Polterauer
Peter
P
D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures