Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm with extreme iliac artery tortuosity.
Iliac artery tortuosity can be a limiting factor in treating abdominal aortic aneurysms by endovascular means. In this case, a 6F catheter guiding sheath was used to allow tracking of the superstiff wire to straighten the iliac artery on the left. This allowed for tracking of the larger sheath so that a bifurcated device could be completed. This technique may be useful in dealing with extreme iliac tortuosity if one is unable to advance the superstiff wire.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Division of Vascular Surgery, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. rahimisa@umdnj.edu
Saum A
SA
Rahimi
Paul L
PL
O'Donnell
Alan M
AM
Graham
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome