[Infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm: endovascular repair with stent grafts].
As an alternative to surgery, endovascular therapy with stent grafts has become the second main treatment option for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms. Unlike surgery, endovascular treatment with stent grafts is also applicable in patients unfit for open repair. Despite current improvements in endovascular repair devices, significant anatomic barriers still exclude this technique for a large number of patients. Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound are essential for diagnostics, preintervention planning, and postintervention follow-up of abdominal aneurysms treated with stent grafts. This review covers etiology, pathology, and diagnostic aspects. Materials and methods for endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms are presented in detail, and clinical results and complications are discussed.
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Diakoniekrankenhaus Henriettenstiftung gGmbH, Klinik für diagnostische und interventionelle Radiologie, Gefässzentrum Hannover, Marienstrasse 72-90, 30171 Hannover, Deutschland. Marlieswa@aol.com
Voshage
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Busch
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Landwehr
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D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D015607:Stents