Endoleakage after endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms: Diagnosis, significance and treatment.
Endoleak, also called leakage, leak and Perigraft leak, is a major complication and its persistence represents a failure of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. Its detection and treatment is therefore of primary importance, since endoleak can be associated with pressurization (increase in pressure) of the sac, resulting in expansion and rupture of the aneurysm. The aim of this paper is to discuss the definition, significance, diagnosis and different options to treat endoleak.
Golzarian
Jafar
J
University of Iowa Heath Care, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa 52242, USA. jafar-golzarian@uiowa.edu
Valenti
David
D
D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000628:therapy*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D015607:Stents