Endovascular management of acute bleeding following recent and late open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
Open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm is still considered the gold standard against which endovascular repair is measured. We describe two cases of open repair complicated by bleeding where endovascular treatment proved to be life-saving.
Mukherjee
Dipankar M
DM
Cardiac, Vascular and Thoracic Surgery Associates, P.C., Falls Church, VA 22042, USA. muk1953@aol.com
Hashemi
Homayoun H
HH
Aryavand
Behdad
B
Bade
Maseer A
MA
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*