Endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms in patients with renal transplants.
Endovascular treatment of an abdominal aortic aneurysm was undertaken in two orthotopic renal transplant recipients with US Food and Drug Administration-approved aortic stents without specific measures taken to protect the transplanted kidney. Renal function remained unchanged in both patients. Follow-up imaging studies showed successful aneurysm exclusion. Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm treatment in renal transplant recipients does not appear to place the transplanted kidney at undue ischemic risk and may be the preferred approach in select patients.
Ailawadi
Gorav
G
Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, University Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0329, USA.
Bedi
Asheesh
A
Williams
David M
DM
Stanley
James C
JC
Upchurch
Gilbert R
GR
D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed