title: Chronic contained rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
abstract: Computed tomography in a 74-year-old man with intermittent claudication revealed an abdominal aortic aneurysm, retroperitoneal hematoma, vertebral erosion, and total aortic occlusion. Surgery was delayed for 9 months after definitive diagnosis of contained rupture of the aortic aneurysm to allow treatment for ischemic heart disease and cardiac failure. After interposing a Y-shaped woven Dacron graft, the intermittent claudication was alleviated. The postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Yokohama, Japan. hyokomuro@aol.com
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokomuro
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ichikawa
authors.forename: Hirokazu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kajiwara
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates