title: Rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm with shrinkage after endovascular repair.
abstract: An 85-year-old man, who had undergone endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair 8&frac12; years earlier, was transferred to the emergency department with chest pain and transient loss of consciousness. Computed tomography revealed a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm with a stent graft inside. His aneurysm was 62 mm in diameter at the endovascular repair, but 45 mm at the rupture site. He was rescued by emergency aneurysmectomy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Ibaraki Prefectural Central Hospital, 6528, Koibuchi, Kasama-city, Ibaraki, 309-1793, Japan. h-morishita@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Morishita
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takayama
authors.forename: Rihito
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Fuyo
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yoshimi
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nagai
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors