title: Endovascular repair of inflammatory abdominal aneurysm: a retrospective analysis of CT follow-up.
abstract: Retrospective radiologic and clinical midterm follow-up is reported for 10 patients with inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm (IAAA) after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). At a mean follow-up of 33 months, regression of the thickness of the perianeurysmal fibrosis (PAF) and decrease of aneurysmal sac diameter was observed in nine patients. Four EVAR-associated complications were observed: periinterventional dissection of femoral artery (n = 1), blue toe syndrome (n = 1), and stent-graft disconnection (n = 2). EVAR is the less invasive method of aneurysm exclusion in patients with IAAA with a comparable evolution of the PAF as reported after open repair.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Lukas
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hechelhammer
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wildermuth
authors.forename: Mario L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Lachat
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pfammatter
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000009:adverse effects; D016896:Treatment Outcome