Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms with aortocaval fistula.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the risk of high-flow type II endoleak following endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm with aortocaval fistula.


METHODS
Case reports.


METHODS
Two patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms with aortocaval fistula.


METHODS
Both patients had an endovascular repair of their aortic aneurysms.


RESULTS
The aneurysms were successfully treated in both patients, without any endoleak on completion angiography. Apart from a transient type II lumbar endoleak in one of the patients, no endoleak was found after 3 and 12 month follow-up. Seven other cases have been published, reporting one type II and one type Ic endoleak.


CONCLUSIONS
We found no evidence that endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm with aortocaval fistula is associated with a higher incidence of persistent endoleak.
Vetrhus
M
M
Regional Vascular unit, Royal Liverpool, University Hospital, Liverpool, UK. mvetrhus@chello.no
McWilliams
R
R
Tan
C K
CK
Brennan
J
J
Gilling-Smith
G
G
Harris
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PL
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*