title: Endovascular treatment of hepatic artery aneurysm by multilayer stents: two cases and one-year follow-up.
abstract: We wished to analyze our initial experience with the Cardiatis Multilayer Stent for visceral artery aneurysms. Two males with a hepatic artery aneurysm (34 mm and 48 mm in diameter, respectively) were treated, via a percutaneous femoral approach, with multilayer stents. We deployed the stent in front of the aneurysm neck, covering the hepatic artery branches. At 12 months, a computed tomography scan showed thrombosis of the aneurysmal sac and patency of all the branches of the hepatic artery. The Multilayer Stent appears to be a viable alternative for the treatment of visceral artery aneurysms in patients at high surgical risk, but long-term follow-up is needed.
authors.affiliation: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Unit, Mauriziano Umberto I Hospital, Turin, Italy. emaferrero@libero.it
authors.forename: Emanuele
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ferrero
authors.forename: Michelangelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ferri
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viazzo
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nessi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006499:Hepatic Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome