Endovascular treatment of aneurysmal deterioration in peripheral arterial allografts.
OBJECTIVE
To report endovascular treatment of 2 patients with aneurysmal deterioration of peripheral arterial allografts.


METHODS
Two men (65 and 64 years old) who had undergone an arterial allograft reconstruction for infection of prosthetic infrapopliteal bypass grafts 5 and 7 years ago, respectively, were diagnosed with asymptomatic aneurysmal deterioration of the allografts. Stent-graft repair was successful in both cases, completely excluding the aneurysms. At >or=1 year, continued aneurysm exclusion was confirmed by duplex scan, with no evidence of endoleak, migration, or stenosis.


CONCLUSIONS
Endovascular treatment may be a useful therapeutic option when treating patients with late peripheral allograft deterioration.
Castier
Yves
Y
Service de Chirurgie Vasculaire et Thoracique, Hôpital Bichat, Assistnace Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris VII, France. yves.castier@bch.aphp.fr
Alsac
Jean-Marc
JM
Paraskevas
Nikos
N
Francis
Fady
F
Coppin
Thierry
T
Cerceau
Olivier
O
Leseche
Guy
G
D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D011859:Radiography; D015607:Stents; D016909:Tibial Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome