title: Chronic rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
abstract: Although the mortality rate after abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture approximates 90% despite the urgent management, a few cases of chronic rupture and delayed repair have been reported in the world literature; anatomic and hemodynamic reasons occasionally allow for the fortunate course of these patients. We report in this article the case of 76-year-old man with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm who was transferred to our facility 4 weeks after his initial hospitalization in a district institution and who finally had a successful open repair.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Unit, 2nd Clinic of Surgery, Aretaieion Hospital, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece. kotsisth@otenet.gr
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kotsis
authors.forename: Kotsis
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Aliki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tympa
authors.forename: Tympa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aliki
authors.forename: Aris
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kalinis
authors.forename: Kalinis
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aris
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vasilopoulos
authors.forename: Vasilopoulos
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ioannis
authors.forename: Kassiani
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Theodoraki
authors.forename: Theodoraki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kassiani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; 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; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome