title: Endovascular and hybrid treatment of recurrent thoracoabdominal aneurysms in an HIV-positive patient.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We report a case of staged endovascular and hybrid treatment of recurrent thoracoabdominal aneurysms (TAAA) in a 55-year-old HIV-positive man.
  
  
  METHODS
  A patient, who had previously been surgically treated for a type III TAAA, presented with recurrent aneurysms. The patient was treated by a combination of endovascular and open surgery. Neither visceral nor spinal ischemia were observed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The hybrid treatment of recurrent TAAA could offer lower mortality and morbidity. Patients with HIV/AIDS treated for aortic aneurysms require close follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Department, Division of Vascular Surgery, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy. gabriele.testi2@studio.unibo.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Testi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Freyrie
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gargiulo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mauro
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maioli
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rossi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stella
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D017130:Angioplasty; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006679:HIV Seropositivity; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*