Endovascular management of mycotic aortic aneurysms.
OBJECTIVE
We report a single-center experience with the endovascular management of mycotic aortic aneurysms.


METHODS
Four cases of mycotic aortic aneurysms are described; all treated with endovascular stent graft with variable configurations. All patients underwent successful placement of stent grafts for their aneurysms. No 30-day perioperative mortality was observed. One patient died during the follow-up period from a cause unrelated to the aneurysm.


CONCLUSIONS
Repair of mycotic aneurysms can be accomplished with endovascular repair. This may be a valid alternative to open repair particularly in patients who are not candidates for conventional open repair.
Silverberg
Daniel
D
Department of Vascular Surgery, The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Halak
Moshe
M
Yakubovitch
Dmitry
D
Reinitz
Emanuel-Ronny
ER
Garniek
Alex
A
Rimon
Uri
U
Schneiderman
Jacob
J
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D057867:Endoleak / Q000209:etiology; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome