title: Case report: Endovascular repair of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm under local anaesthesia.
abstract: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common degenerative condition affecting the elderly population. Rupture carries a high overall mortality. Elective endovascular stent graft repair is well described. We describe a patient with ruptured AAA and co-morbid conditions making him unfit for surgery and general or epidural anaesthesia, who was successfully treated by endovascular stent graft under local anaesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Radiology, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Irani
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dourado
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sabharwal
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods