title: Successful endovascular repair of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with unfavorable anatomy.
abstract: Endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) offers hope of improved outcomes in patients presenting with acute rupture. However, a high proportion of such patients have unfavorable proximal neck anatomy and are not suitable for treatment with conventional endografts. Fenestrated endografts overcome the problem of a short proximal neck, but at present their deployment is time consuming and therefore not easily applicable to a ruptured AAA. In this case report, the authors describe a hybrid device (a composite thoracic and infrarenal stent graft) that was able to overcome the problem of a short wide proximal neck in a patient with a ruptured AAA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery & Interventional Radiology, South Manchester University Hospitals Trust, United Kingdom. bengrey@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: Benjamin R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Grey
authors.forename: John S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Butterfield
authors.forename: Akhtar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nasim
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome